Fisheries: Quotas

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2007,  Official Report, column 1663W, on fisheries quotas, for what reasons no  (a) scientific assessments have been carried out and  (b) safe biological limits have been defined for certain fish stocks; and if he will make a statement.

Jonathan R Shaw: Fish stocks in EU waters are assessed by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). Scientists from the UK's fisheries laboratories contribute to the undertaking of these assessments. The ability to perform scientific assessments is directly linked to the quality of fisheries data. In some fisheries, for example, the quality of catch and effort data are deemed to be insufficient or the available catch data appears to conflict with data from research surveys. In such cases, as a consequence, quantitative scientific assessments are not available.
	In the absence of a quantitative scientific assessment, it is not possible to define a stock's status with respect to safe biological limits.

Revenue and Customs: Location

Paul Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the likely effect on economic development of proposals to move HM Revenue and Customs jobs away from Objective 1 areas.

Peter Hain: My hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and I continue to take a keen interest in the HMRC Change Programme and its possible impact on Objective 1 areas. My hon. Friend's predecessor also met Treasury Ministers to discuss this issue.
	The HMRC Change Programme is a genuine consultation; no official decision has yet been made on any Welsh HMRC office.

Carbon Footprint

Norman Baker: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners what steps the Commissioners are taking to reduce their carbon footprint.

Stuart Bell: The national church institutions are committed to the church's Shrinking the Footprint campaign and are working hard to understand current energy consumption, reduce energy use in absolute terms and promote environmental best practice.
	Footprint is a substantial and ambitious campaign which flows from the universal support for such action given by General Synod and the personal commitment of the Archbishop of Canterbury as evidenced by the recent award made to him by the Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group.

Departments: Manpower

Vincent Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  what consideration is given to an individual's tax status by his Department and its executive agencies when offering  (a) employment and  (b) a consultancy contract; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  how many individuals claiming non-domicile tax status in the UK were born in the UK; and if he will make a statement;
	(3)  what estimate he has made of the number of people living in the UK who are eligible for non-domicile tax status; and if he will make a statement;
	(4)  how many individuals  (a) successfully and  (b) unsuccessfully applied for non-domicile tax status in each of the last 10 years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

Jane Kennedy: All individuals taking up employment or consultancy contracts with the Treasury Departments undergo background and security checks. However, we regard the tax status of individuals as being a private matter between themselves and the appropriate Tax Office of HM Revenue and Customs.
	We do not currently hold on how many individuals claiming non-domicile tax status in the UK were born in the UK; how many individuals are eligible for non-domicile tax status in the UK; or, how many individuals have successfully applied for non-domicile tax status in each of the last 10 years.

M3: Road Traffic

Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the volume of traffic  (a) on the M3 motorway between junctions 6 and 7 and  (b) entering and leaving the motorway at those junctions was in each year since 1993.

Tom Harris: Traffic data on the volume of traffic on the M3 motorway between junctions 6 and 7 is only available from 1995 to 2006. Information on traffic entering and leaving the motorway at these junctions is only available for 2005 and 2006. The information is shown in the following tables.
	
		
			  Vo lume of traffic M3 junctions 6-7— annual average daily traffic flows in vehicles/day 
			   Junction 6-7 eastbound  Junction 7-6 westbound 
			 1995 38,222 37,946 
			 1996 39,387 39,303 
			 1997 41,177 40,956 
			 1998 42,331 42,770 
			 1999 43,138 43,418 
			 2000 (1)n/a 43,995 
			 2001 44,938 45,122 
			 2002 45,108 43,948 
			 2003 45,074 45,298 
			 2004 45,060 44,217 
			 2005 44,952 43,744 
			 2006 45,930 46,616 
			 (1) Not available as the automatic traffic counting sites were out of operation.  Source: Southern Region Trunk Road Traffic Monitoring Reports 2005 and 2006, HA TRADS2. 
		
	
	
		
			  Volume of traffic entering M3 junctions  6 and— annual average daily traffic flows in vehicles/day 
			   Junction 6 on-slip westbound  Junction 6 on-slip eastbound  Junction 7 on-slip westbound  Junction 7 on-slip eastbound 
			 2005(1) 8,032 15,145 4,014 1,744 
			 2006 8,550 13,568 4,233 3,936 
			 (1 )Data not available prior to year stated as automatic traffic counting sites on slip roads were not installed until 2005.  Source: Southern Region Trunk Road Traffic Monitoring Reports 2005 and 2006, HA TRADS2. 
		
	
	
		
			  Volume of traffic leaving M3 junctions 6 and 7—annual average daily traffic flows in vehicles/day 
			   Junction 6 off-slip westbound  Junction 6 off-slip eastbound  Junction 7 off-slip westbound  Junction 7 off-slip eastbound 
			 2005(1) 12,879 8,169 3,024 4,034 
			 2006 13,100 8,233 2,971 4,070 
			 (1) Data not available prior to year stated as automatic traffic counting sites on slip roads were not installed until 2005.  Source: Southern Region Trunk Road Traffic Monitoring Reports 2005 and 2006. HA TRADS2.

Motor Vehicles: Registration

David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what requirements for  (a) MOT and  (b) vehicle insurance are placed on owners of vehicles used in the UK but registered in other EU member states.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The information is as follows.
	 (a) All vehicles have to comply with the minimum standards of roadworthiness irrespective of the country in which the vehicle is registered. If they do not their drivers and operators can be prosecuted and fined. The vehicle can also be prohibited from moving until necessary repairs have been carried out.
	 (b) European law requires all vehicles registered in any member state to have insurance for the use of that vehicle in any other member state. That insurance must cover the drivers liability for any personal injury or property damage caused to any third party.

Railways: EU Action

Gwyneth Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what timescale will be covered by the UK's proposed derogation from the EU proposal 2004/0048 (COD) for a European Parliament and Council directive on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the Community's rail network.

Tom Harris: The renewable derogation allowing member states to disapply on a time-limited basis provisions in the proposed directive on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains is for a period of 10 years.
	The UK are minded to invoke this derogation. However, details of its implementation, especially with regard to any future renewal of the derogation, will be subject to consultation with the industry and users once the final text has been agreed both by the European Council and the European Parliament.

Defence Export Services Organisation

Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future of the Defence Export Services Organisation.

Bob Ainsworth: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) on 16 July 2007,  Official Report, column 13W.

Departments: BAE Systems

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 5 July 2007,  Official Report, column 1132W, on Department: BAE Systems, how many of those applicants granted permission to join BAE in  (a) 2006 and  (b) 2007 had dealt with (i) the receipt of tenders from BAE and (ii) the award of contracts to BAE, alone or as part of a team, while employed by his Department; which jobs those granted permission to join BAE took up; and what jobs those people had performed while in his Department.

Des Browne: holding answer 16 July 2007
	The number of those granted permission to join BAE Systems in 2006 and 2007 are as follows:
	
		
			  Number 
			   Granted permission to join BAE Systems  Who had dealt with receipt of tenders  Involved with contract awards (alone or as part of a team) 
			 2006 21 4 4 
			 2007 (to date) 12 4 4 
		
	
	It is not possible to confirm from records where the applicant actually took up the post, but the proposed post in the application, i.e. the last post in MOD, were as follows:
	
		
			  BAE post  Last MOD post 
			 UK Customer Relations Naval Advisor 
			 Procurement Adviser DG, Trafalgar 200th Anniversary 
			 Senior Software Assurance Engineer Quality Assurance Representative 
			 Executive Secretary to Tornado Director PA/Harrier Assistant Director 
			 Sales Support Regional Director/Central DESO 
			 Team Leader Supply Chain Tornado IPT 
			 Procurement Manager AD/DG Log Proc 
			 EVP Market Development On secondment to BAE 
			 Test Pilot Equipment Capability 
			 Maintenance Programme Manager Engineering Manager 
			 Consultant Supply Engagement Manager 
			 Project Ldr Comms Suite Senior Equipment Support Manager 
			 Marketing Development and Sales Procurement Manager 
			 Consultant , defence matters UK Government agreements with Saudi MOD 
			 Typhoon Information Systems Officer Typhoon Information Support Officer 
			 Resource Engineer Managing Technical Demo Programme 
			 Senior rep on RAF Station OC Depth Support Manager 
			 Head of maintenance AD Depth Support Tornado 
			 Bid Team Niteworks Business Co-ordinator 
			 Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Logistic Sustainability Deployability Audit 
			 ILS Manager ILS Engineer 
			 Business Manager, Light Munitions CO Duke of Lancaster Regiment 
			 Cost and Pricing Manager Project Manager Army Base Repair Organisation 
			 Avionics Implementation Manager Tornado Project Office 
			 Programme Manager AD Engineering Policy 
			 Trials and Delivery Manager OC Comms Services Group 
			 Test Pilot Test Pilot 
			 Senior Support Project Engineer Tornado Project Support 
			 Director of International Maintenance and Logistics DG Logistics DLO 
			 Engineering Support Engineer Harrier Engineering Authority 
			 Tornado Customer Liaison Manager Tornado IPT Manager 
			 Export Support for Typhoon Regional Director for DESO 
			 Flying Training SO Fast Jet Training

Military Police: Colchester

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Ministry of Defence police were employed at Colchester Garrison in  (a) May 1997,  (b) May 2001 and  (c) May 2005; and how many are now employed there.

Derek Twigg: The number of Ministry of Defence police officers employed at Colchester in May 1997, May 2001, 2005 and June 2007 is as follows:
	
		
			  Date  Inspector  Sergeant  Constable  Total 
			 May 1997 1 5 26 32 
			 May 2001 1 5.5 25.5 33 
			 May 2005 1 4.5 14.5 20 
			 June 2007 0 2.5 6.5 9 
		
	
	These figures do not include Criminal Investigation Department Officers who are not part of the MDP complement at Colchester Garrison and not funded by Land Command. They are based in Colchester for administrative convenience and are responsible for investigating crime on defence estates in East Anglia.

Animal Experiments: Licensing

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to applicants is of a licence to conduct animal experiments under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; how the monies raised from this are spent; what proportion is spent on funding research into non-animal methods; and if she will increase this fee in order to increase financial support for research into non-animal methods.

Meg Hillier: Under section 8 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, holders of certificates of designation under section 6 or 7 of the 1986 Act are required to pay such periodical fees as may be prescribed or determined. A composite fee is currently charged, comprised of an annual fee for the certificate of designation and an annual fee for each personal licensee with primary availability at the establishment. No fee is levied with respect to project licences.
	The current fees are: certificate of designation, scientific procedures establishment: £252; certificate of designation, breeding and/or supplying establishment: £1,130; personal licence: £226.
	The fees are collected in arrears to cover the costs of operating the 1986 Act. These are, primarily, the staff and running costs of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate, the administrative staff running the licensing operation and the Animal Procedures Committee. Fee income is not currently used to provide financial support for research into non-animal methods and we have no plans to increase them for this purpose.
	We announced on 21 May 2004,  Official Report, column 69WS, that the Home Office would transfer its separately-funded budget for research into the reduction, replacement and refinement of animal experimentation (the 3Rs) to the National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) once pre-existing commitments had been honoured. Accordingly, the Home Office contributed £35,000, £125,000 and £250,000 to the funding of the centre in financial years 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07, respectively.
	The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research is an independent organisation, funded by Government, research councils and industry, reporting to the Minister for Science and Innovation, and provides a United Kingdom focus for the promotion, development and implementation of the 3Rs in animal research and testing. The centre funds high-quality 3Rs research and facilitates the exchange of information and ideas, the identification of knowledge gaps, and the translation of research findings into practice to benefit both animals and science.

Burglary: East Sussex

Nigel Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many domestic burglaries there were in  (a) Eastbourne and  (b) East Sussex in each of the last 10 years.

Vernon Coaker: The available information is given in the following tables and relates to the Eastbourne Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area and the Sussex police force area as a whole. Data specifically for East Sussex is not available.
	
		
			  Table 1: domestic burglary offences recorded in 1997 
			   Eastbourne CDRP  Sussex police force area 
			 1997 n/a 10,862 
			 n/a = Not available. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: domestic burglary offences recorded by the police—1998-99 to 2001-02 
			   Eastbourne CDRP  Sussex police force area 
			 1998-99 n/a 11,026 
			 1999-2000 n/a 9,596 
			 2000-01 665 8,498 
			 2001-02 667 7,618 
			 n/a Not available.  Notes: 1. The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997. 2. The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 3: domestic burglary offences recorded by the police—2002-03 to 2006-07 
			   Eastbourne CDRP  Sussex police force area 
			 2002-03 667 8,209 
			 2003-04 843 7,920 
			 2004-05 545 6,836 
			 2005-06 431 5,709 
			 2006-07 394 4,556 
			  Note: The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

Immigration: Advisory Services

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration advice centres there are; and how much Government funding is provided to them.

Liam Byrne: An individual who wishes to obtain immigration advice can do so through a solicitor registered with the law society or through an advisor registered with the Office of Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC). The OISC is a non-departmental public body of the Border and Immigration Agency. Organisations regulated by the OISC can be 'for profit' or 'not for profit.' In 2006-07 there were 673 'for profit' organisations registered with the OISC and 976 'not for profit' registered with the OISC of which 596 were Citizen Advice Bureaus (CABs).
	Some of the 'not for profit' sector only provide immigration advice, but others such as CABs offer advice on a range of issues. As such, the actual funding the Government provides for immigration advice through the not for profit sector cannot be isolated.

Stop and Search: Vehicles

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2007 to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam,  Official Report, column 1344W, on stop and search: vehicles, if she will provide the equivalent figures in relation to searches of  (a) persons and  (b) persons and vehicles.

Jacqui Smith: The available information is given in the following tables from 1998-99 to 2004-05 (latest available).
	
		
			  Table A: Resultant arrests following total searches( 1)  of persons( 2)  and searches of persons( 2)  under section 44(1) and 44(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000( 3, 4) , by police force area in England, from 1998-99 to 2004-05 
			   Resultan t arrests following searches of persons( 2) 
			   1998-99  1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02 
			  Police force area  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism Act( 3, 4)  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism Act( 3, 4)  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism Act( 3, 4)  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism Act( 3, 4) 
			 Avon and Somerset 2,913 — 3,199 — 2,268 — 2,562 — 
			 Bedfordshire 573 — 542 2 425 — 486 — 
			 Cambridgeshire 1,142 — 1,191 — 819 — 630 — 
			 Cheshire 1,356 — 1,244 2 1,085 1 1,245 4 
			 Cleveland 3,137 — 2,841 — 2,349 — 2,333 — 
			 Cumbria 1,487 — 1,206 — 848 — 576 — 
			 Derbyshire 1,700 — 2,066 — 1,395 — 1,051 — 
			 Devon and Cornwall 2,261 — 1,960 — 1,766 — 2,360 — 
			 Dorset 537 — 1,006 — 930 — 1,029 — 
			 Durham 987 — 1,056 — 1,219 — 1,351 — 
			 Essex 948 — 998 — 1,043 — 904 — 
			 Gloucestershire 679 — 909 — 837 — 881 — 
			 Greater Manchester 6,602 — 5,722 — 4,983 — 4,153 1 
			 Hampshire 2,273 — 2,910 — 2,350 — 2,211 — 
			 Hertfordshire 761 — 1,008 — 1,087 — 801 — 
			 Humberside 771 — 777 — 772 — 664 — 
			 Kent 5,066 — 4,467 — 3,740 — 3,216 7 
			 Lancashire 3,578 — 2,942 — 2,506 — 2,076 — 
			 Leicestershire 2,077 — 1,697 — 984 — 1,463 — 
			 Lincolnshire 1,141 — 814 — 668 — 831 — 
			 London, City of 635 23 459 — 455 25 1,197 100 
			 Merseyside 6,104 — 4,923 — 3,656 — 3,087 — 
			 Metropolitan Police 37,613 9 28,973 12 27,664 15 31,565 74 
			 Norfolk 1,571 — 1,377 — 977 — 767 — 
			 Northamptonshire 783 — 899 — 831 — 760 — 
			 Northumbria 3,572 — 3,206 2 2,936 1 3,386 — 
			 North Yorkshire 1,438 — 1,185 — 974 — 987 — 
			 Nottinghamshire 874 — 722 — 907 — 821 — 
			 South Yorkshire 2,179 — 2,393 — 2,641 — 2,695 — 
			 Staffordshire 1,240 — 1,176 — 985 — 1,228 — 
			 Suffolk 865 — 749 — 439 — 497 — 
			 Surrey 1,674 — 1,218 — 1,405 — 1,418 1 
			 Sussex 1,307 — 1,556 — 1,533 — 2,037 2 
			 Thames Valley 2,248 — 1,808 — 1,999 — 1,831 — 
			 Warwickshire 1,056 — 1,268 — 967 — 981 — 
			 West Mercia 2,064 — 1,844 — 1,817 — 1,571 — 
			 West Midlands 3,062 — 3,178 — 3,086 — 2,960 — 
			 West Yorkshire 3,558 — 4,183 — 3,290 — 3,970 — 
			 Wiltshire 615 — 574 — 657 — 722 — 
			  
			 England 112,447 32 100,246 18 89,293 42 93,303 189 
		
	
	
		
			   Resultant  arrests following searches of persons( 2) 
			   2002-03  2003-04  2004-05 
			 Police force area  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism  Act( 3, 4)  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism  Act( 3, 4)  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism  Act( 3, 4) 
			 Avon and Somerset 2,777 — 2,145 — 2,021 — 
			 Bedfordshire 691 1 701 2 467 — 
			 Cambridgeshire 587 — 550 6 578 — 
			 Cheshire 1,394 7 1,238 — 1,492 — 
			 Cleveland 2,543 — 1,582 — 2,679 — 
			 Cumbria 593 — 647 — 736 — 
			 Derbyshire 1,270 — 1,237 — 1,164 — 
			 Devon and Cornwall 2,029 — 1,770 — 1,973 — 
			 Dorset 1,115 — 996 5 937 — 
			 Durham 1,189 — 831 — 1,049 — 
			 Essex 875 — 768 5 922 20 
			 Gloucestershire 862 3 766 3 730 — 
			 Greater Manchester 5,278 12 4,247 4 5,014 18 
			 Hampshire 2,337 8 2,602 30 2,904 33 
			 Hertfordshire 763 — 834 — 1,341 — 
			 Humberside 776 — 670 — 698 — 
			 Kent 3,291 29 1,588 — 1,469 4 
			 Lancashire 2,981 — 2,904 — 2,836 — 
			 Leicestershire 1,434 — 1,428 2 1,302 — 
			 Lincolnshire 765 — 910 — 1,230 — 
			 London, City of 1,864 107 1,839 164 1,553 139 
			 Merseyside 4,592 — 2,781 — 3,098 — 
			 Metropolitan Police 38,067 199 27,993 244 24,211 167 
			 Norfolk 978 — 854 — 786 — 
			 Northamptonshire 778 — 792 — 921 — 
			 Northumbria 3,476 — 2,316 — 2,668 9 
			 North Yorkshire 997 — 583 — 457 2 
			 Nottinghamshire 887 — 837 — 769 — 
			 South Yorkshire 3,081 — 2,213 — 1,979 — 
			 Staffordshire 1,695 — 2,743 — 2,741 — 
			 Suffolk 540 — 546 — 524 — 
			 Surrey 1,513 1 1,258 2 1,293 13 
			 Sussex 1,924 3 1,581 3 1,337 34 
			 Thames Valley 2,454 — 2,049 7 1,947 5 
			 Warwickshire 908 — 853 — 707 — 
			 West Mercia 1,512 — 1,168 — 1,619 — 
			 West Midlands 4,858 7 4,147 5 3,490 — 
			 West Yorkshire 6,189 1 6,978 2 8,580 2 
			 Wiltshire 621 — 594 — 608 — 
			
			 England 110,484 378 90,539 484 90,830 446 
			 (1) Total searches includes searches: under s1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the Firearms Act 1968; also included are other legislation which relates to searches under other powers, such as under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 s15 (which since 19 February 2001 has been replaced by section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000); various poaching and wildlife conservation legislation; the Aviation Security Act 1982, s27(1); the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, s163 and 164; and the Sporting Events (control of Alcohol, etc) Act 1985; s60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; and s44(1) and 44(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (formerly s13A and 13B of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989. (2) Data are included in the table where a vehicle and driver occupier are searched simultaneously as the search is recorded against the driver (occupant). Any other passengers searched are recorded as occupants. Data given in the table also includes searches of pedestrians. (3) S44(1) and S44(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (formerly s13A and s13B of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989. (4) Some forces have recently advised that they have been recording s44(2) searches under s44(1) as they cannot separately identify.  Note: Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when these data are used.  Source: Stops/Searches collection held by Office for Criminal Justice Reform. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table B: Resultant arrests following total searches( 1)  of persons and vehicles( 2)  and searches of persons and vehicles( 2)  under section 44(1) and 44(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000( 3, 4) , by police force area in England, from 1998-99 to 2004-05 
			   Resultant  arrests following searches of persons and vehicles( 3, 4) 
			   1998-99  1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02 
			  Police force area  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism Act( 3, 4)  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism Act( 3, 4)  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism Act( 3, 4)  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism Act( 3, 4) 
			 Avon and Somerset 2,919 — 3,199 — 2,268 — 2,562 — 
			 Bedfordshire 573 — 542 2 425 — 486 — 
			 Cambridgeshire 1,142 — 1,191 — 819 — 630 — 
			 Cheshire 1,356 — 1,244 2 1,087 1 1,245 4 
			 Cleveland 3,137 — 2,841 — 2,349 — 2,333 — 
			 Cumbria 1,487 — 1,206 — 848 — 576 — 
			 Derbyshire 1,700 — 2,066 — 1,395 — 1,051 — 
			 Devon and Cornwall 2,261 — 1,960 — 1,766 — 2,360 — 
			 Dorset 537 — 1,006 — 930 — 1,029 — 
			 Durham 988 1 1,056 — 1,219 — 1,351 — 
			 Essex 948 — 998 — 1,043 — 904 — 
			 Gloucestershire 679 — 909 — 837 — 881 — 
			 Greater Manchester 6,602 — 5,722 — 4,983 — 4,154 1 
			 Hampshire 2,273 — 2,910 — 2,350 — 2,211 — 
			 Hertfordshire 761 — 1,008 — 1,089 — 801 — 
			 Humberside 771 — 777 — 772 — 664 — 
			 Kent 5,066 — 4,467 — 3,741 — 3,216 7 
			 Lancashire 3,578 — 2,942 — 2,506 — 2,076 — 
			 Leicestershire 2,077 — 1,697 — 984 — 1,463 — 
			 Lincolnshire 1,141 — 814 — 668 — 831 — 
			 London, City of 635 23 459 — 455 25 1,197 100 
			 Merseyside 6,104 — 4,923 — 3,656 — 3,087 — 
			 Metropolitan Police 37,613 9 28,974 12 27,664 15 31,565 74 
			 Norfolk 1,571 — 1,377 — 977 — 767 — 
			 Northamptonshire 783 — 899 — 831 — 760 — 
			 Northumbria 3,572 — 3,206 2 2,936 1 3,386 — 
			 North Yorkshire 1,438 — 1,185 — 977 3 987 — 
			 Nottinghamshire 874 — 722 — 907 — 821 — 
			 South Yorkshire 2,179 — 2,393 — 2,641 — 2,695 — 
			 Staffordshire 1,240 — 1,176 — 985 — 1,228 — 
			 Suffolk 865 — 749 — 439 — 497 — 
			 Surrey 1,674 — 1,218 — 1,405 — 1,418 1 
			 Sussex 1,307 — 1,556 — 1,533 — 2,037 2 
			 Thames Valley 2,248 — 1,808 — 1,999 — 1,831 — 
			 Warwickshire 1,056 — 1,268 — 967 — 981 — 
			 West Mercia 2,066 — 1,844 — 1,817 — 1,571 — 
			 West Midlands 3,062 — 3,178 — 3,086 — 2,960 — 
			 West Yorkshire 3,558 — 4,183 — 3,290 — 3,970 — 
			 Wiltshire 617 — 574 — 657 — 722 — 
			  
			 England 112,458 33 100,247 18 89,301 45 93,304 189 
		
	
	
		
			   Resultan t arrests following searches of persons and vehicles( 3, 4) 
			   2002 - 03  2003 - 04  2004 - 05 
			  Police force area  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism  Act( 3, ) 4  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism  Act( 3, 4)  Total  under s44(1) and s44(2) Terrorism  Act( 3, 4) 
			 Avon and Somerset 2,777 — 2,145 — 2,021 — 
			 Bedfordshire 691 1 701 2 468 — 
			 Cambridgeshire 587 — 550 6 579 1 
			 Cheshire 1,394 7 1,238 — 1,664 — 
			 Cleveland 2,543 — 1,582 — 2,679 — 
			 Cumbria 593 — 647 — 736 — 
			 Derbyshire 1,270 — 1,237 — 1,164 — 
			 Devon and Cornwall 2,029 — 1,770 — 1,973 — 
			 Dorset 1,115 — 996 5 937 — 
			 Durham 1,189 — 831 — 1,049 — 
			 Essex 875 — 768 5 922 20 
			 Gloucestershire 862 3 818 3 730 — 
			 Greater Manchester 5,278 12 4,322 4 5,030 18 
			 Hampshire 2,337 8 2,602 30 2,904 33 
			 Hertfordshire 763 — 834 — 1,341 — 
			 Humberside 776 — 670 — 698 — 
			 Kent 3,291 29 1,588 — 1,469 4 
			 Lancashire 2,981 — 2,904 — 2,836 — 
			 Leicestershire 1,434 — 1,428 2 1,302 — 
			 Lincolnshire 765 — 910 — 1,230 — 
			 London, City of 1,864 107 1,839 164 1,553 139 
			 Merseyside 4,592 — 2,781 — 3,098 — 
			 Metropolitan Police 38,067 199 27,993 244 24,211 167 
			 Norfolk 978 — 854 — 786 — 
			 Northamptonshire 778 — 792 — 921 — 
			 Northumbria 3,476 — 2,316 — 2,668 9 
			 North Yorkshire 997 — 584 — 457 2 
			 Nottinghamshire 887 — 837 — 769 — 
			 South Yorkshire 3,083 2 2,213 — 1,979 — 
			 Staffordshire 1,695 — 2,753 — 2,741 — 
			 Suffolk 540 — 546 — 524 — 
			 Surrey 1,513 1 1,258 2 1,293 13 
			 Sussex 1,924 3 1,581 3 1,338 35 
			 Thames Valley 2,454 — 2,049 7 1,947 5 
			 Warwickshire 908 — 853 — 707 — 
			 West Mercia 1,512 — 1,168 — 1,619 — 
			 West Midlands 4,858 7 4,147 5 3,490 — 
			 West Yorkshire 6,191 1 6,984 2 8,580 2 
			 Wiltshire 621 — 594 — 608 — 
			
			 England 110,488 380 90,683 484 91,021 448 
			 (1) Total searches includes searches: under s1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the Firearms Act 1968; also included are other legislation which relates to searches under other powers, such as under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 s15 (which since 19 February 2001 has been replaced by section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000); various poaching and wildlife conservation legislation; the Aviation Security Act 1982, s27(1); the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, s163 and 164; and the Sporting Events (control of Alcohol, etc) Act 1985; s60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; and s44(1) and 44(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (formerly s13A and 13B of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989. (2) Searches may be conducted on vehicles only, occupants only or both may be searched. Where a vehicle and driver occupier are searched simultaneously the search is recorded against the driver (occupant). Any other passengers searched are recorded as occupants. Data given in the table includes searches of pedestrians. (3) S44(1) and S44(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (formerly s13A and s13B of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989. (4) Some forces have recently advised that they have been recording s44(2) searches under s44(1) as they cannot separately identify.  Note: Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when these data are used.  Source: Stops/Searches collection held by Office for Criminal Justice Reform.

Russia: Diplomatic Service

Andrew MacKinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many diplomats Russia was authorised to have in the United Kingdom or accredited to the Court of St James on 13 July; and how many there will be following the decision, announced on 16 July 2007,  Official Report, column 22, to expel diplomats.

Jim Murphy: 77 Russians are currently notified to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) as being posted to the UK with diplomatic rank and are registered on the FCO Protocol database. I refer my hon. Friend to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary on 16 July 2007,  Official Report, columns 27-22, in which he informed the House that four of these individuals have been asked to leave.

Blackpool

Gordon Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimates his Department has made of likely visitor numbers to Blackpool in the next five years.

Margaret Hodge: VisitBritain only makes forecasts of visitor numbers for the year ahead, and at a national level. No predictions have been made for visitors to Blackpool.
	However, there were around 1.8 million overnight visits to Blackpool in 2006, making it the 5(th) most visited destination in England for domestic overnight visitors.

Tourism

John Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department has allocated to the promotion of tourism for 2007-08.

Margaret Hodge: DCMS is investing over £55 million in tourism support at national and regional levels in 2007-08. Across the UK, the public sector now puts in over £300 million a year into supporting the industry—more than ever before.

English Heritage

Robert Syms: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many English Heritage sites he and his predecessor visited  (a) in the UK and  (b) in Poole in each of the last five years.

Margaret Hodge: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, has not visited any English Heritage sites in his three weeks since taking office. His predecessor visited Stonehenge in September 2006, and last month she visited Torre Abbey in Torquay to see a project funded by English Heritage. I visited Castle Acre Priory on 8 July. My predecessor, my hon. Friend the Member for Tottenham (Mr. Lammy) visited seven properties managed by English Heritage during his term in office. There are no English Heritage sites in Poole; the nearest sites are Christchurch Castle and Norman House, Lulworth Castle, and Knowlton Church and Earthworks. These have not been visited by DCMS Ministers in recent years. English Heritage's remit in the UK only extends to England; the devolved administrations have their own equivalent heritage bodies.

National Lottery: Grants

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what projects received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund were subsequently abandoned in each year since 1997; how much funding was received for each such project; and if he will make a statement.

Margaret Hodge: Since 1994, the Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded funding to over 26,000 projects. Of these projects, 17 have not been successfully completed having already drawn down an element of funding.
	The table gives funding details for each of the 17 projects.
	
		
			  Project title  Applicant  Year project closed (FY)  Grant awarded (£)  Grant drawdown (£) 
			 Blaenau Ffestiniog, Plas Tan Y Bwlch Historic Gardens Plas Tan Y Bwlch Gardens Trust 1999- 2000 313,700 16,913 
			 Williton Workhouse Conservation Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust 2000-01 70,000 8,376 
			 Tower Environs Scheme—Approaching the Tower Historic Royal Palaces 2001-02 405,000 24,904 
			 Astley Castle—Acquisition and refurbishment Landmark Trust 2002-03 152,625 10,737 
			 Heritage Information Exchange The Heritage Information Trust 2003-04 365,000 77,070 
			 Brackenhill Tower, Longtown, Cumbria Brackenhill Trust Ltd. 2004-05 50,000 4,446 
			 Old Market Place CAPS Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 2004-05 75,000 14,550 
			 St. Peter, Church Knowle, Dorset St. Peter's PCC 2005-06 20,500 1,993 
			 Bradford City Centre CAPS Bradford Metropolitan District Council 2005-06 300,000 70,591 
			 Headstone Manor, Harrow Museum and Heritage Centre, Harrow London Borough of Harrow 2005-06 1,003,400 177,585 
			 Manningham CAPS Bradford Metropolitan District Council 2005-06 180,000 33,546 
			 Muswell Hill CAPS London Borough of Haringey 2005-06 225,000 16,631 
			 Terra 2000 University of Plymouth 2005-06 40,848 9,920 
			 Congregational Church, Polesworth Congregational Federation Ltd 2006-07 118,000 24,149 
			 First Presbyterian Church, Newry—Restoration First Presbyterian Church, Newry 2006-07 144,050 129,645 
			 Food for Life! Central Action 2006-07 31,600 15,800 
			 Warwick Bar THI British Waterways 2006-07 371,000 68,246

10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality

Norman Baker: To ask the Prime Minister what the date was of each reception he and his predecessor have held since May 2005; what the  (a) venue and  (b) purpose was of each; who (i) hosted and (ii) paid for each; what the estimated attendance was at each; and what the cost to the public purse was of each.

Gordon Brown: Information on receptions hosted by my predecessor for the financial year 2006-07 will be published shortly. For information prior to this date I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my predecessor (right hon. Tony Blair) on 11 October 2006,  Official Report, column 788W.

Dorneywood

Norman Baker: To ask the Prime Minister on what date the Deputy Prime Minister vacated Dorneywood; and to what use the building is now being put.

Gordon Brown: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my predecessor (right hon. Tony Blair) on 12 June 2006,  Official Report, column 883W, and to the press briefing given by my spokesman on 18 July 2007. A transcript of this is available on the No. 10 website (http://pm.gov.uk/output/Page12547.asp) and a copy has been placed in the Library of the House.

Departments: Legislation

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

Anne McGuire: The only Bill introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions in the past five years which contained a sunset clause was the Bill for the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (see section 31(3) of that Act).
	While Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has no current plans for the future use of such clauses, he will consider their use when appropriate.

Anti-Semitism

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment she has made of the level of anti-Semitism in the UK; and if she will make a statement.

Parmjit Dhanda: The Department of Communities and Local Government does not carry out assessments on the level of anti-Semitism in the UK. However, hate crime of this nature is a matter the police take seriously. There is good cooperation between the Community Safety Trust and police forces in areas with a significant Jewish community.

Departments: Ministerial Red Boxes

John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many ministerial red boxes her Department bought in each of the last five years; what the cost of each was; who the suppliers were; and what tendering process was used in selecting them.

Iain Wright: The information for Communities and Local Government and its predecessor Department the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is as follows:
	
		
			   Number of ministerial red boxes  Total cost (£) 
			 2003 5 4,888 
			 2004 0 — 
			 2005 0 — 
			 2006 3 2,532 
			 2007 o — 
		
	
	The supplier was Banner Business Supplies Ltd through a call-off contract arrangement.
	Ministerial boxes are used by successive Ministers over many years.

Hazardous Substances: Planning Permission

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  what advice her Department gives on the siting of control of major accident hazards sites to planning authorities and inspectors;
	(2)  how many control of major accident hazards site applications were  (a) made and  (b) appealed against in each of the last 10 years;
	(3)  what estimate she has made of the safe distance for separation for control of major accident hazards sites from  (a) residential houses,  (b) schools and  (c) businesses; and if she will make a statement.

Iain Wright: holding answer 16 May 2007
	Decisions on proposals for development are taken by a local planning authority, or a Planning Inspector, in accordance with its development plan. Decisions are based upon the plans and policies contained within the regional spatial strategy prepared by the regional planning body and local development documents prepared by the local planning authority.
	The Town and Country Planning (Regional Planning) (England) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 2203) and the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 2204) specify the form and content of regional spatial strategies and development plan documents. In preparing their plans, planning bodies are required to have regard to the objectives of preventing major accidents and of limiting the consequences of such accidents; and to the need, in the long term, to maintain appropriate distances between major accident hazards sites and residential areas and other locations frequented by the public.
	Guidance issued in Planning Policy Statement 12 on Local Development Frameworks makes clear that, in preparing or reviewing local development documents, local planning authorities need to ensure that they include a policy or policies on the location of establishments where hazardous substances are used or stored, and to the development of land within the vicinity of such establishments. Article 10 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure Order) 1995 requires a local planning authority to consult the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency before determining planning applications for new major accident hazard sites, or for modifications to existing sites. They must also consult with these bodies when residential and other specified types of development is proposed within an area that the Health and Safety Executive has notified to the local planning authority because of the presence of hazardous substances within the vicinity.
	Applications for development of sites that fall within the scope of control of major accident hazards regulations are made to local planning authorities. Records of such applications are not held centrally and the information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	With regard to appropriate separation distances, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 23 July 2007,  Official Report, UIN 150808.

Housing: Essex

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of  (a) local authority,  (b) housing association,  (c) private sector and  (d) all housing in (i) Castle Point and (ii) Essex was judged to be unfit in each year since 2002.

Iain Wright: The percentage of  (a) local authority,  (b) housing association,  (c) private sector and  (d) all housing in (i) Castle Point and (ii) Essex, judged to be unfit in each year since 2002 is given in the following table. The data is as reported by local authorities.
	
		
			  Table 1: Percentage of unfit dwellings within each tenure and all housing, as reported by local authorities 
			   2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 
			   Castle Point  Essex  Castle Point  Essex  Castle Point  Essex  Castle Point  Essex  Castle Point  Essex 
			  (a) LA 2.1 3.4 0 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.5 0 0.6 
			  (b) HA 0 0.1 0 0.1 0 0.1 0 0.2 0 0.6 
			  (c) Private Sector 5.5 3.2 5.2 3.2 4.1 2.7 4.5 2.1 2.0 2.8 
			  (d) Total 5.3 2.6 4.9 2.3 — 1.4 4.2 1.7 1.9 2.4 
			  Source: Communities and Local Government Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix return (HSSA).

Housing: Low Incomes

Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2007,  Official Report, column 1340W, on housing: low incomes, how many affordable homes are being built across the 10 new mixed communities developments, broken down by  (a) development site and  (b) type of tenure; and if she will make a statement.

Iain Wright: holding answer 16 July 2007
	I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) on 26 June 2007 to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles)  Official Report, column 628W. Each of the 10 sites included in the Design for Manufacture competition will include a high proportion of affordable homes of different tenures, such as social rent or homes available for share equity purchase.

Housing: Low Incomes

Doug Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what requirements her Department makes of local authorities wishing to renegotiate section 106 agreements.

Iain Wright: Planning obligations (also known as section 106 agreements), may be discharged or modified by agreement between the local planning authority and all the persons against whom they are enforceable, or by application to the local planning authority, after five years.
	The powers for modifying and discharging planning obligations are contained in sections 106A and 106B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
	Requirements placed on local planning authorities for the handling of applications are set out in the Town and Country Planning (Modification and Discharge of Planning Obligations) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992/2832).
	These regulations require that local planning authorities publicise applications, including making available for inspection the relevant part of the instrument which created the obligation; invite and consider representations from the public; give clear and precise reasons for their decision; and inform applicants of their right of appeal.

Regional Government

Jacqui Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what administrative support her Department is providing to the new Ministers for the Regions.

John Healey: On the 28 June 2007 the Prime Minister appointed Ben Bradshaw MP to be Minister for the South West. The role of Regional Ministers is set out in paragraphs 115 to 118 in 'The Governance of Britain'.

Regional Government: South West Region

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will list the duties and responsibilities of the Minister for the south-west region; what the budget is for that position; how many staff are employed in relation to those duties; and if she will make a statement.

John Healey: On the 28 June 2007 the Prime Minister appointed Ben Bradshaw MP to be minister for the south-west. The role of Regional Ministers is set out in paragraphs 115 to 118 in 'The Governance of Britain'.

Second Homes

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many second homes there were in  (a) Cornwall,  (b) the south west and  (c) England in each year since 1997; and what percentage of all homes this represented.

Iain Wright: The number of second homes in  (a) Cornwall,  (b) the south west and  (c) England in each year since 1997; and what percentage of all homes this represented is shown in the following table:
	
		
			  Period  Cornwall  South West  England 
			   Number  Percentage of all homes  Number  Percentage of all homes  Number  Percentage of all homes 
			 1997-98(1) n/a n/a n/a n/a 203,000 1.0 
			 1998-99(1) n/a n/a n/a n/a 224,000 1.1 
			 1999-2000(1) n/a n/a 41,000 1.9 234,000 1.1 
			 2000-01(1) n/a n/a 41,000 2.0 241,000 1.2 
			 2001-02(1) n/a n/a 39,000 1.9 226,000 1.1 
			 2002-03(1) n/a n/a 49,000 2.3 235,000 1.1 
			 2003-04(1) n/a n/a 60,000 2.8 253,000 1.2 
			 2004(2) 13,509 5.7 50,397 2.2 228,896 1.0 
			 2005(2) 13,221 5.6 50,250 2.2 236,331 1.1 
			 2006(2) 13,040 5.4 51,459 2.2 240,047 1.1 
			 Sources: (1 )Survey of English Housing (three-year moving averages). (2) Council Tax Base returns Note: n/a = not available. 
		
	
	For 1997-98 to 2003-04, the data shown are estimates from the Survey of English Housing. Estimates for Cornwall are not available because it. is only a sample survey and reliable estimates can only be derived down to regional level.
	For 2004 to 2006, the data are based on Council Tax Base returns that are completed by local authorities. These figures are only available from 2004 onwards.

Missing Persons

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps are being taken by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to locate the remains of those considered disappeared; and if he will make a statement.

Shaun Woodward: The Police Service of Northern Ireland seconded one officer to a small project team set up by the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains (ICLVR) for a period of six months. The Garda Siachona also seconded a member of their force to the ICLVR on a part-time basis.
	The PSNI continue to offer every assistance to the ICLVR it can provide. However, of the nine remaining sets of remains to be found, all are suspected to be in the Republic of Ireland with the exception of one which the ICLVR believe to be in France. This limits the steps which can be taken by the PSNI to assist in locating remains.

Sexual Offences

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 5 July 2007,  Official Report, column 1175W, on sexual offences, how many and what percentage of allegations of rape made to the police in each of the last three years were later withdrawn by the individual; how many and what percentage of cases referred to the Public Prosecution Service subsequently failed to result in a prosecution for lack of evidence; and how many and what percentage of cases brought to prosecution resulted in conviction.

Paul Goggins: Figures relating to the percentage of rape allegations which are withdrawn by the individual are not recorded in the format requested.
	The Public Prosecution Service have advised that the number of persons reported for an offence of rape who were not prosecuted because the available evidence was not sufficient to pass the test for prosecution is as follows:
	2004: 29 (35 per cent.) out of 83 persons;
	2005: 90 (66 per cent.) out of 136 persons;
	2006: 136 (79 per cent.) out of 172 persons.
	The number of persons directed for prosecution for rape or some other related offence and whose trial concluded with a conviction for at least one offence (whether of rape or of some other related offence) is as follows:
	2004: 27 (61 per cent.) out of 44 persons;
	2005: 17 (63 per cent.) out of 27 persons;
	2006: five (50 per cent.) out of 10 persons.
	These figures represent only those cases which have been concluded at court. A number of cases are still awaiting trial, or are currently passing through the courts. These cases are not included in the totals above. For example, in 2006, 36 cases were directed for prosecution, of which five have so far resulted in conviction, five have not, and the remaining 26 either await trial or are in the process of being tried.
	The Government are committed to improving the rates of successful prosecution in rape cases. PSNI's CARE units deal with the investigation of serious adult sexual offences and sexual and physical abuse of children and are staffed by highly skilled and trained personnel. The PSNI CARE teams are dedicated to enhancing the service to victims of rape and sexual assault and are seeking to enhance the investigative process so that more offenders are brought before the courts.
	We have made significant progress towards establishing a sexual assault referral centre in Northern Ireland and are working in partnership with colleagues in DHSSPS, PSN1, the medical profession and the voluntary sector to develop an appropriate range of services. In addition, PSNI and the Public Prosecution Service have recently begun to analyse a number of rape investigations, in order that they continue to develop models of best investigative practice. In particular, attention will focus upon case building and the significant number of cases that currently do not make the threshold for prosecution.

Care Proceedings

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what the average number of court hearings per child care case was in each of the last five years;
	(2)  how many child care cases have come to court  (a) within a month,  (b) between one and three months,  (c) between three and six months,  (d) between six and 12 months,  (e) in over a year and  (f) in over 18 months in the last 10 years;
	(3)  how many care cases involving a child came to court in each of the last five years.

Bridget Prentice: Information on the number of court hearings per child care case is not held centrally.
	Table 1 shows the length of time from receipt of application to final order for care cases in England and Wales grouped as requested. The data is presented separately by family proceedings courts and county courts as more complex cases are transferred to the county courts. This data is only available from 2005 for the family proceedings courts and 2003 for the county courts.
	Table 2 shows the number of care applications to the courts in England and Wales in each of the last four years. Application data for all jurisdictions prior to 2003 are not available.
	
		
			  Table 1: Completed care cases by time between date of application and final order and by court jurisdiction, 2003 to 2006, England and Wales 
			   2003  2004  2005  2006 
			   Number  Percentage  Number  Percentage  Number  Percentage  Number  Percentage 
			  Family proceedings courts 
			 Within a month — — — — 35 1 16 0 
			 Between one and three months — — — — 52 2 48 1 
			 Between three and six months — — — — 554 16 429 12 
			 Between six and 12 months — — — — 1,953 57 2,074 58 
			 Between one year and 18 months — — — — 567 16 767 22 
			 Over 18 months — — — — 279 8 215 6 
			 Total — — — — 3,440 100 3,549 100 
			  
			  County courts 
			 Within a month 16 1 8 0 6 0 6 0 
			 Between one and three months 41 1 43 1 35 1 42 1 
			 Between three and six months 292 10 272 8 281 9 222 8 
			 Between six and 12 months 1,454 48 1,536 48 1,651 53 1,594 54 
			 Between one year and 18 months 764 25 762 24 702 23 687 23 
			 Over 18 months 463 15 585 18 431 14 403 14 
			 Total 3,030 100 3,206 100 3,106 100 2,954 100 
			  Notes:  1. Cases transferred from the family proceedings court to the county court are counted solely in the latter, but are measured from date of initial application to the family proceedings court.  2. Family proceedings court data is measured by child, county court data by case. One case may involve more than one child. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Care applications, 2003 to 2006, England and Wales 
			   2003  2004  2005  2006( 1) 
			 Care applications 11,046 12,099 14,389 13,446 
			 (1) Figures for 2006 are provisional and subject to change.   Note:  Figures relate to the number of children who were the subject of each care application. An application relating to two children will be counted twice.

Dispute Resolution Procedures

Oliver Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment his Department has made of the Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry's dispute resolution procedures; and if he will make a statement.

Bridget Prentice: My Department has made no assessment. However, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs on 17 July 2007,  Official Report, columns 284-85W.

Electronic Tagging

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cases of tagged offenders  (a) disarming their tags and  (b) breaking curfews while tagged have been reported to police in each of the last three years; and how many resulted in prosecution.

David Hanson: The electronic monitoring contractors are only required to report to the police breaches of curfew for those subject to court bail conditions under the Bail Act 1976. According to data provided by the contactors the number of breaches reported to the police in such cases, in the previous two financial years, is as follows:
	
		
			  Financial year  Deliberate tag tampers (including removals)  Other breaches 
			 2005-06 1,073 11,435 
			 2006-07 1,942 43,843 
		
	
	The large increase in the number of reported breaches in 2006-07 reflects the increase in the number of people made subject to bail conditions with a curfew requirement compared to the previous year.
	The figures include multiple breaches/tag tampers committed by tagged persons on bail and reported to the police. Data for the year 2004-05 is not available as it relates to the previous contract, and could be provided only through a manual trawl of records at disproportionate cost.
	The system is designed to ensure that any attempt to remove a tag within the curfew address automatically registers as a tamper at the electronic monitoring service provider's control centre.
	Data on the number of cases resulting in prosecution is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost, through collating information from each police force.

Electronic Tagging: East Sussex

Nigel Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offences were committed by tagged offenders in  (a) Eastbourne and  (b) East Sussex in each year since 2003.

David Hanson: Data on reoffending by offenders wearing electronic tags is collated centrally only in respect of offenders released on to the Home Detention Curfew Scheme. The data is not broken down by areas in which subsequent offences are committed. To provide such information would involve a manual trawl of all reoffending data since 2003; such an exercise would incur disproportionate cost.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he intends to answer the letter to his predecessor of 29 May from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Paul Southworth.

Bridget Prentice: The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor will write to the hon. Member soon and apologises for the unacceptable delay which was due to an administrative error.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he will reply to the letter of 12th June 2007 (Ministry of Justice Reference: 162453/13868) from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire.

Bridget Prentice: My right hon. Friend and Member for Delyn will write to the hon. Member soon and apologises for the unacceptable delay, which was due to an administrative error.

Oakhill Secure Training Centre

Edward Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 12 July 2007,  Official Report, column 69WS, on Oakhill Secure Training Centre, what recent assessment he has made of staff levels at secure training centres.

David Hanson: The contracts with the operating companies specify minimum staffing levels. These assume that the centre is operating at full capacity.
	Hassockfield, Medway and Rainsbrook met minimum staffing levels throughout the period 1 June to 8 July. During this period, there were three days on which staffing levels at Oakhill fell below the minimum staffing level. However, on each of these days there was a sufficient number of staff to care for and work with the number of young people who were placed at the centre at that time.
	The issue of staffing shortfalls is being addressed by the Oakhill contractor, Group 4 Securicor. The contractor has drawn up an recovery plan which the Youth Justice Board is monitoring. The Board is working with the contractor on the implementation of the action plan.

Prison Service: Manpower

Edward Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison officers were working in the Prison Service in each year since 1997; what the average prison officer to prisoner ratio was at each  (a) adult prison,  (b) young offender institution and  (c) secure training centre in each year; what plans he has to increase the number of prison officers; and if he will make a statement.

David Hanson: The available information (we do not have complete information for private sector prisons or secure training units STCs) is set out in the tables.
	There are no figures available for STCs but the supervision level is typically one member of staff to between 2.5 - 3.5 young offenders.
	In the public sector Prison Service a Business Change Team will work alongside the HR Directorate to plan and co-ordinate recruitment activity for new prisoner places and the transfer of experienced staff to enable new prisoner places to operate effectively. Normal recruitment activity continues to be largely managed at area level to ensure that staffing continues within agreed operating margins.
	
		
			  Officer grade staff in public sector Prison Service and contracted prisons( 1,2,3,4) 
			  Date as at 31 March:  Officers 
			 1997 23058 
			 1998 23602 
			 1999 24113 
			 2000 24346 
			 2001(5) 24023 
			 2002(5) 23,681 
			 2003 24,527 
			 2004(5) 25,461 
			 2005(5) 26,246 
			 2006 26,747 
			 2007 27,053 
			 (1) Figures include both publicly and privately managed prison establishments but not secure training centres. (2 )Figures are provided on a headcount basis ie part-time officers count as one. (3 )Figures relate to prison officers, senior officers and principal officers within the public sector Prison Service and prison custody officers within contracted prisons (4 )Officers employed within public sector Prison Service Headquarters are included (5 )The data for private sector prisons is incomplete. 
		
	
	
		
			  Prisoner to officer ratio at adult establishments—1997-08 to 2006-07( 1,2) 
			   1997-98  1998-99  1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07 
			 Acklington 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.8 
			 Albany 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 
			 Aldington 1.7 3.2 1.8 — — — — — — — 
			 Ashwell 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.9 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.2 
			 Askham Grange 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.0 4.4 4.4 4.0 3.4 3.3 3.7 
			 Bedford 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.8 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.4 
			 Belmarsh 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 
			 Birmingham 2.7 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.7 
			 Blakenhurst(3) — — — — 7.8 5.5 4.9 3.6 4.1 4.1 
			 Blantyre House 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.9 
			 Blundeston 2.5 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 
			 Bristol 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.5 
			 Brixton 1.7 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.6 
			 Brockhill 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.6 
			 Buckley Hall(3) — — — 3.9 3.1 2.3 2.7 2.8 2.0 3.6 
			 Bullingdon 2.7 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.6 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 
			 Bullwood Hall 1.9 1.9 1.7 2.1 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 
			 Camp Hill 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 
			 Canterbury 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.7 
			 Cardiff 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 
			 Channings Wood 3.8 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.9 
			 Chelmsford 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 
			 Coldingley 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.2 
			 Cookham Wood 2.5 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.0 2.0 
			 Dartmoor 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7 
			 Dorchester 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.3 
			 Dover — — — — 1.8 1.7 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.4 
			 Downview 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 1.9 2.5 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.6 
			 Drake Hall 4.4 4.2 3.1 2.6 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.1 
			 Durham 2.3 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.4 2.8 
			 East Sutton Park 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.3 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 4.2 4.3 
			 Eastwood Park 2.5 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.3 
			 Edmunds Hill — — — — — — 2.1 1.1 2.0 2.8 
			 Elmley 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.2 
			 Erlestoke 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 
			 Everthorpe 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 
			 Exeter 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.7 
			 Featherstone 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 
			 Ford 7.5 6.8 5.9 5.7 6.8 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.2 6.9 
			 Foston Hall 1.8 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.1 1.8 
			 Frankland 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 
			 Full Sutton 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 
			 Garth 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.5 
			 Gartree 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.8 2.7 2.7 
			 Gloucester 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.6 
			 Grendon 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.6 
			 Guys Marsh — — — 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.1 
			 Haslar 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.7 
			 Haverigg 3.9 3.5 2.8 3.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.2 
			 Hewell Grange 6.4 6.8 6.5 6.1 5.8 6.4 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.8 
			 High Down 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.7 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 
			 Highpoint 3.6 3.1 3.2 3.2 4.9 5.6 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.2 
			 Hollesley Bay 2.6 2.4 2.2 — 2.1 2.8 6.7 5.7 5.5 5.3 
			 Holloway 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 
			 Holme House 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.2 
			 Hull 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 
			 Kingston 1.6 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.0 2.6 2.6 
			 Kirkham 7.8 7.0 5.4 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 
			 Kirklevington Grange 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 
			 Lancaster 2.4 2.5 2.1 1.6 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.8 2.6 
			 Latchmere House 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.8 5.1 5.6 5.4 5.3 
			 Leeds 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.7 
			 Leicester 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 
			 Lewes 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.6 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 
			 Leyhill 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.8 6.7 7.3 7.1 6.2 5.1 
			 Lincoln 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.4 
			 Lindholme 3.5 3.8 3.3 2.9 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.8 4.1 
			 Littlehey 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 
			 Liverpool 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.0 
			 Long Lartin 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 
			 Low Newton — — 1.2 1.8 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.7 
			 Maidstone 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.0 2.6 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.8 
			 Manchester 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.6 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.5 
			 Moorland 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 
			 Morton Hall 6.2 6.2 6.1 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.5 3.0 
			 New Hall 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.6 
			 North Sea Camp 6.2 5.8 6.0 6.1 5.7 7.1 7.0 5.9 5.4 5.0 
			 Northallerton — — — 2.6 2.6 2.9 — — — — 
			 Norwich 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.1 
			 Nottingham 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.8 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 
			 Onley — — — — — — — 2.7 2.8 3.2 
			 Parkhurst 1.4 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.7 
			 Pentonville 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 
			 Preston 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.7 
			 Ranby 3.8 4.3 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.6 3.8 
			 Risley 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.7 
			 Rochester 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.2 — — — — 
			 Send 4.3 1.4 2.1 2.9 3.1 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.6 
			 Shepton Mallet 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.2 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 
			 Shrewsbury 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.8 2.6 3.0 
			 Stafford 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.2 
			 Standford Hill 4.8 4.6 3.8 3.9 4.3 4.8 4.6 4.9 5.5 5.6 
			 Stocken 3.7 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 
			 Styal 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.3 
			 Sudbury 7.0 7.4 7.4 7.5 8.0 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.1 7.9 
			 Swaleside 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.4 
			 Swansea 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.8 
			 The Mount 4.3 4.5 4.0 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.6 
			 The Verne 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.3 
			 Usk/Prescoed 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.2 
			 Wakefield 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 
			 Wandsworth 2.2 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 
			 Wayland 4.4 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.6 
			 Wealstun 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.5 4.0 4.0 
			 Weare — 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.2 5.5 — 
			 Wellingborough 2.8 3.0 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.6 
			 Whatton 3.1 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.4 2.7 1.8 3.4 
			 Whitemoor 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 
			 Winchester 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.2 
			 Woodhill 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 
			 Wormwood Scrubs 3.0 2.8 2.0 2.5 3.3 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 
			 Wymott 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.3 4.0 4.1 4.0 
			 GSL Prisons(4) — — — — — — 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.8 
			 Bronzefield — — — — — — — 3.6 2.8 2.7 
			 Dovegate — — — — — 3.8 4.3 3.5 3.6 3.7 
			 Doncaster — — — — 9.2 6.1 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.4 
			 Forest Bank — — — — — — 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.4 
			 Lowdham Grange — — — — 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.6 
			 Peterborough — — — — — — — — 2.7 3.3 
			 Parc — 3.9 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 
			 (1) The ratio is the average prisoner population against the average number of officer grade staff except for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 officer figures where a snapshot at the start of the year is used. This is the standard form of ratio that is captured. (2) A blank entry means that the establishment was either not open during the year, not that category during the year or, for contracted establishments, officer numbers were not available for the period. An establishment can therefore appear in more than one table. (3) Staff numbers for Blakenhurst and Buckley Hall are not available for the period when they were privately managed. (4) GSL reported staff numbers together for the three prisons they manage—Altcourse, Rye Hill and Wolds. 
		
	
	
		
			  Prisoner to officer ratios at young offender establishments—1997-08 to 2006-07( 1,2) 
			   1997-98  1998-99  1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07 
			 Aylesbury 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.4 
			 Brinsford 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 
			 Castington 2.4 2.6 1.7 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.8 
			 Deerbolt 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.3 
			 Dover 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.5 — — — — — — 
			 Feltham 2.7 2.6 2.3 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 
			 Glen Parva 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.0 
			 Guys Marsh 3.8 4.0 3.9 — — — — — — — 
			 Hindley 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.0 
			 Hollesley Bay — — — 1.9 — — — — — — 
			 Huntercombe 2.9 3.0 1.9 2.0 — — — — — — 
			 Lancaster Farms 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 
			 Low Newton 2.6 1.8 — — — — — — — — 
			 Moorland 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 — — — — 
			 Northallerton 2.6 2.9 3.1 — — — 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.6 
			 Onley 3.3 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.1 — — — 
			 Portland 3.2 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.7 
			 Reading 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.3 
			 Rochester — — — — — — 1.5 2.4 2.7 2.7 
			 Stoke Heath 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.8 
			 Swinfen Hall 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.1 2.9 2.9 
			 Thorn Cross 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.4 2.1 1.9 
			 Usk/Prescoed 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.8 — — — — 
			 Werrington 3.3 — — — — — — — — — 
			 Wetherby 2.8 2.2 2.1 1.7 — — — — — — 
			 (1) The ratio is the average prisoner population against the average number of officer grade staff except for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 officer figures where a snapshot at the start of the year is used. This is the standard form of ratio that is captured. (2) A blank entry means that the establishment was either not open during the year, not that category during the year or, for contracted establishments, officer numbers were not available for the period. An establishment can therefore appear in more than one table. 
		
	
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Prisoners: Dorset

Robert Syms: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the  (a) certified normal capacity and  (b) current prison population for prisons is in Dorset.

David Hanson: The data requested is provided in the following table. These figures are for 20 July 2007.
	
		
			  Prison  Certified normal accommodation( 1)  Operational capacity( 2)  Population 
			 Dorchester 147 260 235 
			 Guys Marsh 520 578 561 
			 Portland 519 557 543 
			 Verne 558 593 586 
			 (1) The Certified normal accommodation (CNA) of a prison measures its capacity to accommodate prisoners in uncrowded conditions. (2) Operational capacity for establishments is the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime.

Probation: Manpower

David Heath: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many  (a) members of staff and  (b) probation officers were employed by each local probation service in each of the last 10 years.

David Hanson: Information is not available for the full period requested. Data collected prior to 1 April 2003 is unreliable, and is not directly comparable with the more accurate figures collected since that time. The figures presented in the following table show full time equivalent (FTE) figures for the period 2003-2006. The figures for each year are as at 31 December.
	
		
			  Staff in post in the NFS by area 2003-06 
			  Area  PO  NPS  PO  NPS  PO  NPS  PO  NPS 
			 Avon and Somerset 112.90 499.13 153.70 493.79 166.20 52500 185.30 527.60 
			 Bedfordshire 61.10 189.02 61.00 182.05 65.30 192.30 64.40 203.80 
			 Cambridgeshire 85.35 225.32 78.27 223.12 79.30 242.18 83.40 251.03 
			 Cheshire 112.30 354.69 113.90 345.00 124.30 375.04 128.95 377.53 
			 Cumbria 59.90 173.69 57.50 171.84 63.30 189.06 70.30 197.35 
			 Derbyshire 106.70 337.90 109.20 345.60 119.50 364.00 120.30 348.00 
			 Devon and Cornwall 149.35 465.12 149.10 447.90 165.40 492.00 163.02 510.17 
			 Dorset 68.00 200.50 66.79 212.09 75.60 225.87 72.03 222.76 
			 Durham 86.50 261.80 96.70 290.47 99.50 297.10 101.90 297.61 
			 Dyfed Powys 46.30 144.10 49.10 148.18 55.70 165.86 48.80 193.44 
			 Essex 111.20 393.10 120.11 432.60 120.80 475.80 122.60 473.80 
			 Gloucestershire 56.40 170.23 59.69 177.44 59.80 183.70 52.78 192.18 
			 Gwent 68.10 236.10 67.30 235.50 65.30 256.60 92.10 280.10 
			 Hampshire 173.59 515.74 190.40 518.50 197.40 582.60 187.20 601.70 
			 Hertfordshire 65.90 212.70 71.70 220.30 73.20 228.20 62.40 246.86 
			 Humberside 139.78 433.56 147.91 446.72 161.80 477.56 167.25 467.24 
			 Kent 148.55 454.85 146.20 456.97 154.10 475.37 153.27 504.85 
			 Lancashire 243.60 594.80 253.20 600.70 253.70 577.40 255.80 564.00 
			 Leicestershire 125.00 393.30 138.20 442.00 153.20 466.80 154.00 477.80 
			 Lincolnshire 61.60 230.95 63.60 228.06 67.10 228.91 71 03 25284 
			 London 840.50 2,510.00 835.41 2,398.30 821.40 2,557.54 830.17 2,856.73 
			 Greater Manchester 399.80 1,204.20 404.40 1,305.27 385.80 1,340.16 455.79 1,409.83 
			 Merseyside 241.50 723.10 268.43 776.18 281.20 783.03 267.95 753.13 
			 Norfolk 76.88 239.72 79.85 238.27 86.40 283.67 78.35 303.33 
			 North Yorkshire 75.80 208.00 88.60 228.40 89.60 222.55 86.50 229.99 
			 North Wales 67.10 230.30 84.20 23730 87.30 243.30 90.10 256.80 
			 Northamptonshire 65.00 235.90 66.63 211.86 68.30 230.49 87.10 263.13 
			 Northumbria 252.26 665,56 267.95 674.88 283.30 670.11 277.95 660.67 
			 Nottinghamshire 171.50 488.70 166.11 492.12 168.20 545.20 177.00 570.70 
			 South Wales 157.60 530.28 195.90 561.10 215.10 618.30 200.10 620.63 
			 South Yorkshire 203.00 641.40 212.70 654.00 226.80 662.70 221.40 643.42 
			 Staffordshire 147.10 390.80 15230 415.30 160.60 421.40 163.30 418.70 
			 Suffolk 81.75 20936 83.00 207.56 36.10 222.70 86.04 236.10 
			 Surrey 63.90 232.80 68.30 245.18 70.00 262.91 69.20 264.17 
			 Sussex 123.30 330.48 128.74 363.35 147.10 402.04 151.62 427.21 
			 Teeside 76.60 314.70 87.65 312.15 104.10 330.38 104.80 332.42 
			 Thames Valley 176.70 594.30 17640 610.70 180.20 622.20 180.40 649.00 
			 Warwickshire 55.00 160.80 51.33 162.97 59 30 174 42 52 53 172.40 
			 West Mercia 125.46 370.47 141.30 372.69 144.50 374.09 150.99 396.54 
			 West Midlands 429.20 1223.70 444.50 1235.80 493.50 1339.97 497.42 1420.44 
			 West Yorkshire 310.48 1,027.05 343.37 1,051 73 361.00 1,041.55 370.06 1,064.68 
			 Wiltshire 48.90 145.60 44.30 149.00 54.20 172.00 61.60 138.30 
			  
			 Total 6,271.45 19,163.82 6,584.94 19,522.94 6,894.50 20,542.06 7,017.20 21,328.98

Theft: Bicycles

Nigel Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were  (a) prosecuted and  (b) sentenced for bicycle thefts in (i) Eastbourne and (ii) East Sussex in each of the last five years.

Maria Eagle: One person was prosecuted and one sentenced in the Eastbourne and Hailsham court area in 2001 for bicycle theft. In the same year, 10 people were prosecuted and six sentenced in the Eastern Sussex court area for the same offence.
	From 1 January 2002 it was not possible to separately identify people prosecuted and sentenced in the Eastbourne and Hailsham court from those in other courts within the Eastern Sussex court area. The following table shows the number of people prosecuted and sentenced in the Eastern Sussex court area from 2002 to 2005, the latest year for which data is available.
	
		
			  Number of people proceeded against at magistrates courts and sentenced at all courts, for bicycle thefts in the Eastern Sussex court area: 2001 to 2005( 1, 2) 
			   Proceeded against  Sentenced 
			 2002 1 1 
			 2003 3 3 
			 2004 3 3 
			 2005 3 2 
			 (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2 )Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Note: In 2001 it was possible to give the number of people proceeded against and sentenced for bicycle theft within the Eastbourne and Hailsham court area. However, from 1 January 2002 it is not possible to separate data in relation to the individual courts within the Eastern Sussex court area.

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what change there has been in the number of patients seeking advice and treatment for alcohol related illnesses since 2004.

Dawn Primarolo: The information is not available in the format requested. Estimates of the proportion of adults (aged 16 and over) in Great Britain, who have discussed drinking with their general practitioner or another medical person, are available from the Office for National Statistics Omnibus Survey. Estimated proportions are based on all drinkers. Questions on alcohol are included in the Omnibus Survey biennially and the data is provided in table 1 for 2004 and 2006.
	The number of alcohol related illnesses is not available in the format requested. Data is available providing the number of adults, aged 16 and over, admitted to national health service hospitals in England with a primary or secondary diagnosis that is specifically related to alcohol consumption. These figures are presented in table 2 and are published in "Statistics on Alcohol: England 2007" produced by The Information Centre for health and social care, available at: www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/alcohol07. Numbers of those admitted with a diagnosis of an accident, illness or disease that does not specifically relate to alcohol but can be attributed to alcohol consumption are not currently available.
	
		
			  Table 1 Discussion of drinking in the last year, by gender, 2004 and 2006 —Great Britain 
			  Percentage( 1) 
			  Discussed drinking with :  2004  2006 
			  Men( 2)   
			 GP 8 11 
			 Someone else at the surgery 1 2 
			 Doctor elsewhere 1 1 
			 Other medical person elsewhere 1 2 
			 Not discussed drinking 89 86 
			  Women( 2)   
			 GP 5 5 
			 Someone else at the surgery 1 1 
			 Doctor elsewhere 1 1 
			 Other medical person elsewhere 1 1 
			 Not discussed drinking 92 92 
			  Bases   
			 Men 1,384 1,017 
			 Women 1,645 1,156 
			 (1) Percentages may sum to more than 100 per cent. as respondents could give more than one answer (2) Aged 16 and over (3) Percentages are based on respondents who drink alcohol  Source:  Drinking: Adults' behaviour and knowledge in 2006. Office for National Statistics 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2 NHS( 1)  hospital admissions( 2)  for adults( 3)  where there was either a primary( 4 ) or secondary—England 
			  Number 
			   2004-05  2005-06 
			 Primary diagnosis 48,082 52,271 
			 Primary or secondary diagnosis 164,787 187,643 
			 (1) The data include private patients in NHS hospitals (but not private patients in private hospitals) (2) A finished in-year admission is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider, excluding admissions beginning before 1 April at the start of the data year. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year (3) Aged 16 and over (4) The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital (5) The figures for primary or secondary diagnosis represent a count of all finished in-year admissions where the diagnosis was mentioned in any of the 14 diagnosis fields in a HES record (6) Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (7) Figures do not include hospital admissions for accidents, illnesses or diseases that do not directly relate to alcohol consumption but can be attributed to alcohol consumption  Source:  Hospital Episode Statistics. The Information Centre, 2007

Barnet Primary Care Trust: Pay

Andrew Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what steps he is taking to improve payroll arrangements at Barnet Primary Care Trust, with particular reference to the time taken to correct errors; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  how many employees of Barnet Primary Care Trust experienced payroll errors in each of the last six months; and if he will make a statement.

Ann Keen: This is a local matter and is the responsibility of Barnet primary care trust.

Cancer: Medical Treatments

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  whether his Department has undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of the use of photodynamic therapy cancer treatments compared with other cancer treatments in respect of  (a) patient care and  (b) NHS finances;
	(2)  whether his Department plans to extend the use and availability of photodynamic therapy cancer treatments;
	(3)  what the median cost per patient was of photodynamic therapy cancer treatment in comparison to other cancer treatments in the latest period for which figures are available;
	(4)  what obstacles exist to widening the use and availability of photodynamic therapy cancer treatments within the NHS;
	(5)  what representations he has received from  (a) medical bodies and  (b) cancer charities on photodynamic therapy cancer treatment;
	(6)  how many NHS patients with relevant conditions were offered photodynamic therapy cancer treatments in the latest period for which figures are available;
	(7)  what assessment his Department has made of the impact of photodynamic therapy cancer treatments within the NHS on  (a) patient throughput,  (b) bed use and  (c) patient recovery times.

Ann Keen: The Department has made no assessment of the impact of photodynamic therapy (PDT) cancer treatments within the national health service on patient throughput, bed use and patient recovery times. The department has not made a cost-benefit analysis of the use of photodynamic therapy cancer treatments compared with other cancer treatments in respect of patient care and NHS finances.
	Information on the number of patients offered photodynamic therapy cancer treatment or the cost per patient of photodynamic therapy cancer treatment is not collected by the Department.
	As part of its programme of work on interventional procedures, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance on the use of PDT in the treatment of several cancers.
	NICE has stated that PDT for the treatment of Barrett's oesophagus, advanced bronchial carcinoma, endobronchial carcinoma, bile duct cancer and skin tumours is safe and works well enough for use in the NHS, provided normal arrangements are in place for consent, audit and clinical governance.
	NICE has also issued guidance on the use of PDT for early stage oesophageal cancer, stating that current evidence on PDT for the treatment of this disease is not adequate to support its use without special arrangements for consent, audit and clinical governance.
	It will be the NHS locally to decide whether to offer this treatment to patients. Where a local decision is made to do so, it will be for the relevant primary care trust to plan how to make PDT available to patients and identify any obstacles which might need to be overcome.
	The department has received a number of written representations about photodynamic therapy cancer treatment from the charity Killing Cancer.

Dental Services: Gloucestershire

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists practised in Gloucestershire in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by constituency.

Ann Keen: Numbers of national health service dentists in England as at 31 March 1997 to 2006 are available in the "NHS Dental Activity and Workforce Report England: 31 March 2006". Information at parliamentary constituency area is available in Annex G. Annex E also contains information at strategic health authority (SHA) and primary care trust (PCT) area. This information is based on the old contractual arrangements. This report is available in the Library and is also available at:
	www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/primary-care/dentistry/nhs-dental-activity-and-workforce-report-england-31-March-2006
	Numbers of NHS dentists in England as at 30 June, 30 September, 31 December 2006 and 31 March 2007 are available in Table G of Annex 3 of the NHS Dental Statistics for England Q4: 31 March 2007 report. This data is not provided at constituency level.
	This report is available in the Library and is also available at:
	www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/dentalq4
	The figures for quarter 4 and the earlier quarters in the year are provisional and are subject to revision. The final work force figure for 2006-07 will not be available until August 2007 when the information centre for health and social care will publish an end year report on the first 12 months of the new contractual arrangements.
	This information is based on the new dental contractual arrangements and is not directly comparable with earlier information.
	In both sets of figures, no account is taken of the level of service, if any, that each dentist provides.

Family Planning

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of provision of family planning services by primary care trusts;
	(2)  what steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations of the baseline review of contraceptive services.

Dawn Primarolo: We have undertaken a Baseline Review of Contraceptive Services 2005 (Contraceptive Services Audit) and published the findings on the 17 May 2007. We are developing best practice guidance on reproductive health care which will address the key issues arising from the review later this year.
	A copy of the findings of the review has been placed in the Library. The findings are also available on the Department's website at:
	www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_07494.pdf

Hospitals: Finance

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2007,  Official Report, columns 173-4W, on hospitals: finance, on what date in 2008 he expects the financial close of the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Pembury hospital private finance initiative scheme to take place.

Ben Bradshaw: Financial close on the Pembury hospital private finance initiative scheme for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospital NHS trust is expected by the end of March 2008.

Mesothelioma

Stephen Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were treated for mesothelioma in  (a) Jarrow constituency,  (b) South Tyneside,  (c) the North East and  (d) England in each year since 1997.

Ann Keen: While we do collect figures on the number of people treated for mesothelioma, we do collect figures on finished consultant episodes where the primary diagnosis was mesothelioma.
	The requested information is detailed in the following table, these figures relate only to admitted patients and do not include any patients who are treated for mesothelioma in accident and emergency but not admitted, patients treated in an out-patient setting or patients treated in the community. The figures are not for patients, as one patient may have had more than one episode.
	
		
			  Count of finished consultant episodes where the primary diagnosis was Mesothelioma( 1)  for selected organisations—national health service hospitals, England 
			   Finished consultant episodes 
			North east strategic health authorities  
			   South Tyneside primary care trust (5KG) as PCT of residence  Northumberland, Tyne and Wear strategic health authority (Q09) as SHA of residence  County Durham and Tees Valley strategic health authority (Q10) as SHA of residence  England 
			 2005-06 40 316 303 6,436 
			 2004-05 28 348 242 5,671 
			 2003-04 56 443 230 5,697 
			 2002-03 53 267 173 4,685 
			 2001-02 59 321 129 4,663 
			 2000-01 57 315 122 4,442 
			 1999-2000 58 401 121 4,155 
			 1998-99 39 373 98 3,773 
			 1997-98 11 186 69 3,075 
			 (1) The ICD-10 codes used in this analysis were as follows: C45 Mesothelioma D19 Benign neoplasm of mesothelial tissue  Notes: 1. Finished Consultant Episode (FCE): An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year. 2. Ungrossed Data: Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). 3. Diagnosis (primary diagnosis): The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. 4. Assessing growth through time: HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. During the years that these records have been collected the NHS there have been ongoing improvements in quality and coverage. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. Changes in NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example a number of procedures may now be undertaken in out-patient settings and may no longer be accounted in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time. 5. PCT and SHA data quality: PCT and SHA data was added to historic data-years in the HES database using 2002-03 boundaries, as a one-off exercise in 2004. The quality of the data on PCT of treatment and SHA of treatment is poor in 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99, with over a third of all finished episodes having missing values in these years. Data quality of PCT of general practitioners practice and SHA of GP practice in 1997-98 and 1998-99 is also poor, with a high proportion missing values where practices changed or ceased to exist. There is less change in completeness of the residence-based fields over time, where the majority of unknown values are due to missing postcodes on birth episodes. Users of time series analysis including these years need to be aware of these issues in their interpretation of the data.  Source: HES, The Information Centre for health and social care

NHS: Finance

Lyn Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the accuracy of data used to calculate local health allocations.

Ben Bradshaw: Revenue allocations to primary care trusts are informed by a fair funding formula. The formula is overseen by an independent body, the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA). ACRA's role is to ensure equity in resource allocation. In order to achieve this objective, ACRA ensures that the most up-to-date, accurate and robust data available at the time of making allocations is used in the formula.

NHS: Manpower

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are employed in the NHS in  (a) England and  (b) West Sussex; and what percentage of each is employed in (i) management, (ii) administrative, (iii) scientific, (iv) research, (v) clinical medical, nursing and midwifery and (vi) other roles.

Ben Bradshaw: The information requested is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  NHS staff in England and West Sussex( 1)  by specified staff group, as at 30 September 2006 
			  Number (headcount) 
			 O f which: 
			   England  Percentage  West Sussex  Percentage 
			 All NHS staff 1,338,779 100.0 29,263 100.0 
			 Frontline medical staff(2) 675,260 50.4 15,261 52.2 
			  of which: 
			 HCHS doctors(3) 90,243 6.7 2,075 7.1 
			 GMPs(4) 36,008 2.7 569 1.9 
			 Qualified nurses (incl. midwifery, health visitors and practice nurses) 398,335 29.8 8,502 29.1 
			 Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff 134,498 10.0 2,558 8.7 
			 Qualified ambulance staff 16,176 1.2 1,557 5.3 
			 Clerical and administrative staff 224,302 16.8 4,925 16.8 
			 Managers and senior managers 36,751 2.7 807 2.8 
			 Others 402,466 30.1 8,270 28.3 
			 (1) The figures for West Sussex are based on 2006 primary care trust and trust boundaries and consists of Brighton and Sussex university hospitals NHS trust, Queen Victoria hospital NHS trust, Royal West Sussex NHS trust, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS trust, Sussex Partnership NHS trust, Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS trust, West Sussex PCT and South East Coast ambulance service NHS trust (2) Front line medical staff includes HCHS doctors, general medical practitioners, qualified nurses (including GP practice nurses), qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff and qualified ambulance staff (3) Excludes medical hospital practitioners and medical clinical assistants, most of whom are GPs working part-time in hospitals (4) General medical practitioners includes GP providers, GP others, GP retainers and GP registrars.  Sources: The Information Centre Non-Medical, Medical and Dental and General and Personal Medical Services Censuses

NHS: Parking

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the provision of car parking facilities for NHS staff who  (a) work at NHS sites and  (b) visit people in their homes.

Ben Bradshaw: The Department has provided advice to the national health service, in Health Technical Memorandum 07-03 Transport management and car parking, about the provision of car parking through the development of transport management plans. A copy is available in the Library.
	Specific arrangements for the provision of car parking facilities for NHS staff will ultimately be determined at local level; will be dependent on local authority planning approval; and will be dependent on the needs of staff, patients and visitors alike.
	Parking facilities for health care professionals who visit people in their own home is similarly governed by local circumstances and availability.

Obesity

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the  (a) obesity and  (b) smoking rate in (i) England, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) Southampton.

Dawn Primarolo: The information is not available in the format requested. The latest data on obesity prevalence is available from the 2005 Health Survey for England (HSE). Table 1 shows the prevalence of obesity among men and women aged 16 and over in England in 2005.
	Data on prevalence of obesity is not available for Hampshire. However, from the HSE we can provide the percentages of obesity among adults, aged 16 and over, for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority, for the combined years 2002-04. This information is shown in table 2.
	Information on obesity prevalence in Southampton is not available. However estimated prevalence of obesity among adults, aged 16 and over, along with associated confidence intervals are provided for the wards in the Southampton local authority (LA). These estimates, for the combined years 2000-02, are taken from the synthetic estimates of healthy lifestyle behaviours and are shown in table 3.
	Data on the percentage of adults, aged 16 and over, who smoke are available from the 2005 general household survey. The data is not available for Hampshire, however it is available by Government office region (GOR). Data is provided on the percentage of adults who smoke in England and in the South East GOR, which incorporates Hampshire, in table 4.
	Information for Southampton's smoking prevalence is not available. However, estimated prevalence of adult smokers aged 16 and over, along with associated confidence intervals are provided for the wards in the Southampton LA. These estimates are also taken from the Synthetic Estimates of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours. These estimates are for the combined years 2000-02, and are shown in table 5.
	
		
			  Table 1: Prevalence of obesity among adults, by gender, 2005( 1) , England 
			   Percentage/Number 
			 Men 22.1 
			 Women 24.3 
			   
			  Bases (unweighted)  
			 Men 2,930 
			 Women 3,409 
			   
			  Bases (weighted)  
			 Men 3,144 
			 Women 3,184 
			 (1) Data are weighted for non-response.   Source: Health Survey for England 2005—updating of trend tables to include 2005 data. The Information Centre. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Prevalence of obesity for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority (SHA), 2002-04( 1) 
			  Percentage 
			   Obese( 2)  (BMI over 30)  Unweighted base  Adjusted base( 2) 
			 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 21.3 845 1,307 
			 (1) Samples have not been weighted for non-response or selection. (2) Figures are adjusted so that each year is given an equal weight.   Source: Health Survey for England 2002, 2003. The Department of Health. Health Survey for England 2004. The Information Centre. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 3: Estimated prevalence of obesity among adults, by ward in the Southampton local authority area, 2000-02 
			  Percentage 
			  Southampton local authority  Estimated prevalence of obesity  95% lower confidence interval  95% upper confidence interval  Comparison of estimated prevalence for obesity with national estimate( 1) 
			 Bargate 18.3 12.4 25.7 2 
			 Bassett 18.0 12.4 25.3 2 
			 Bevois 19.3 13.2 26.9 2 
			 Bitterne 26.6 19.0 35.7 2 
			 Bitterne Park 21.3 15.0 29.4 2 
			 Coxford 24.9 17.8 33.8 2 
			 Freemantle 18.4 12.7 25.7 2 
			 Harefield 23.7 16.9 32.3 2 
			 Millbrook 22.9 16.2 31.4 2 
			 Peartree 22.3 15.8 30.5 2 
			 Portswood 17.0 11.6 24.0 2 
			 Redbridge 25.9 18.5 34.9 2 
			 Shirley 20.2 14.2 27.9 2 
			 Sholing 23.1 16.4 31.5 2 
			 Swaythling 20.4 14.0 28.3 2 
			 Woolston 24.3 17.2 32.9 2 
			 (1) It should be noted that the scores for comparing the synthetic estimate to the national estimate relate to the data as follows: 1=CI significantly below NE, 2=overlapping, 3=CI significantly above NE. The national estimate is derived directly from the Health Surveys for England 2000-02 (with associated confidence intervals) and therefore is not a model-based estimate.  Source: Synthetic Estimates of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours at ward level, 2000-02. The Information Centre, Neighbourhood Statistics 2005. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 4: Prevalence of cigarette smoking in South East GOR and England, 2005( 1,2) 
			  Percentage 
			   All adults  Weighted bases (000s)  Unweighted bases 
			 South East GOR 22 6,015 3,163 
			 England 24 35,936 18,613 
			 (1) Among adults aged 16 and over.  (2) 2005 data includes last quarter of 2004-05 data due to survey change from financial to calendar year.   Source: General Household Survey 2005. Office for National Statistics. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 5: Estimated prevalence of smoking among adults, by ward in the Southampton local authority area, 2000-02 
			  Percentage 
			  Southampton local authority  Estimated prevalence of smoking  95  per cent.  lower confidence interval  95 per cent.  upper confidence interval  Comparison of estimated prevalence of smoking with national estimate( 1) 
			 Bargate 37.7 24.1 53.3 2 
			 Bassett 20.4 12.0 32.3 2 
			 Bevois 33.4 21.0 48.5 2 
			 Bitterne 38.9 25.4 54.4 2 
			 Bitterne Park 26.3 16.1 39.9 2 
			 Coxford 36.1 23.2 51.4 2 
			 Freemantle 31.8 19.9 46.6 2 
			 Harefield 33.1 20.8 48.1 2 
			 Millbrook 37.1 24.0 52.6 2 
			 Peartree 29.5 18.3 43.7 2 
			 Portswood 28.0 17.1 42.0 2 
			 Redbridge 40.1 26.3 55.5 2 
			 Shirley 24.6 14.9 37.6 2 
			 Sholing 29.0 18.0 43.2 2 
			 Swaythling 37.4 23.9 52.7 2 
			 Woolston 35.2 22.5 50.3 2 
			 (1) It should be noted that the scores for comparing the synthetic estimate to the national estimate relate to the data as follows: 1=CI significantly below NE, 2=overlapping, 3=CI significantly above NE. The national estimate is derived directly from the Health Surveys for England 2000-02 (with associated confidence intervals) and therefore is not a model-based estimate.  Source: Synthetic Estimates of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours at ward level, 2000-02, The Information Centre, Neighbourhood Statistics 2007.

Obesity: Children

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of children classified as  (a) overweight and  (b) obese by the age of three years (i) at the present time and (ii) in 1997.

Dawn Primarolo: The information is not available in the exact format requested. Data on children's overweight and obesity prevalence are taken from the Health Survey for England. We can provide the prevalence of children aged two to three who are overweight or obese in England in 2002-04 combined. Data are aggregated over three years, 2002, 2003 and 2004 to achieve a sufficiently large sample for analysis at this level. These data are shown in table 1 and are published in 'Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet, England 2006'. Copies are available in the Library and at:
	www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/health-and-lifestyles/obesity/statistics-on-obesityphysical-activity-and-diet-england-2006.
	We can also provide the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children aged two to 10, from 1997 to 2005. Data for 2005 are the latest data available. These data are shown in table 2 and are published in the 'Health Survey for England—Updating of trend tables to include 2005 data', and at:
	www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/health-and-lifestyles/health-survey-for-england/health-survey-for-england--updating-of-trend-tables-to-include-2005-data.
	
		
			  Table 1:  Overweight and obesity prevalence among children aged two to three, 2002-04( 1)  England 
			  Percentage 
			 Obese 11.6 
			 Overweight including obese 25.2 
			   
			 Base (unweighted) 1,130 
			 Base (weighted) 1,232 
			 (1) Data are aggregated over three years, 2002, 2003 and 2004 to achieve a sufficiently large sample for analysis at this level.  Source: Health Survey for England 2002, 2003. The Department of Health Health Survey for England 2004. The Information Centre 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Overweight and obesity prevalence among children aged two to 10, 1997 to 2005, England 
			  Percentage 
			 Unweighted( 1)  Weighted 
			   1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2003  2004  2005 
			 Overweight 12.5 13.6 13.8 12.6 14.8 13.2 14.0 14.2 14.3 14.0 14.7 14.2 
			 Obese 10.9 11.6 14.6 12.0 13.1 15.5 13.7 14.3 16.7 13.8 14.5 16.8 
			 Overweight including obese 23.4 25.2 28.4 24.6 27.9 28.7 27.7 28.5 30.9 27.8 29.1 31.0 
			  
			 Bases (weighted) 4,089 2,552 1,262 1,094 2,129 4,654 1,774 759 1,419 1,736 726 1,338 
			 (1) From 2003 data were also weighted for non response. Data weighted for child selection only are provided for consistency with previous years.  Source: Health Survey for England—Updating of trend tables to include 2005 data

Children in Care: Care Homes

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  how many looked after children are accommodated in independent children's homes;
	(2)  how many independent children's' homes have been registered in each of the last five years;
	(3)  how many independent children's' homes have been de-registered in each of the last five years; and for what reasons.

Kevin Brennan: Data on the number of looked after children who are accommodated in independent children's homes are not available from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
	Data on the number of independent children's homes that have been (a) registered and (b) de-registered in each of the last five years are not held centrally by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).

Children: Care Orders

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of children subject to a care order attend  (a) a community school,  (b) a foundation school,  (c) a specialist school,  (d) a city technology college,  (e) an academy,  (f) a community or foundation special school,  (g) a faith school and  (h) a grammar school.

Kevin Brennan: The information requested is not available.
	We are determined to improve outcomes for all children in care. Our recent White Paper Care Matters: Time for Change sets out specific proposals to improve their education. This includes: a £500 educational allowance for children in care at risk of falling behind at school; putting the 'designated teacher' on a statutory footing to improve the expertise in schools; appointing 'virtual school heads' to oversee their education; improving attendance and reducing exclusions; reducing mobility of school placements, particularly in the crucial years before GCSEs; and a bursary of a minimum of 2000 for all children in care who go on to university.
	These proposals build on the measures already in place: a specific duty on local authorities to promote the educational achievement of children in care and a requirement to give them the highest priority in school admission arrangements.

Classroom Assistants

Robert Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many classroom assistants were employed by each local education authority in each of the last 10 years.

Jim Knight: The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants employed in local authority maintained schools by local authority in each January from 1997 to 2006. The number of classroom assistants cannot be provided separately.
	
		
			  Full-time equivalent( 1)  teaching assistants in local authority maintained schools by Government Office Region and local authority area in England, January 1997 to 2006 
			   1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 
			  England 60,580 65,540 69,600 79,020 94,990 105,360 121,190 132,060 147,000 153,100 
			
			  North East 2,870 2,990 3,130 3,450 4,280 4,010 5,060 5,630 6,430 6,930 
			 Gateshead 190 200 210 220 300 320 370 350 450 480 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 270 300 310 330 410 330 480 580 700 620 
			 North Tyneside 200 220 220 240 270 180 300 250 290 430 
			 South Tyneside 160 160 160 180 250 350 280 420 440 470 
			 Sunderland 420 400 440 460 610 510 690 750 810 850 
			 Hartlepool 100 110 120 140 210 140 260 250 310 310 
			 Middlesbrough 210 200 180 210 280 360 440 520 530 520 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 150 170 160 170 180 120 200 250 240 380 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 210 220 230 280 340 210 280 290 380 430 
			 Former Durham 640 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Darlington n/a 120 130 140 170 200 210 190 270 300 
			 Durham (post 1 April 1997) n/a 550 580 620 690 650 820 990 1,090 1,100 
			 Northumberland 320 340 380 450 560 650 720 800 910 1,040 
			
			  North West 8,750 9,370 9,920 10,990 13,700 14,400 17,500 18,950 20,700 22,020 
			 Cumbria 610 620 660 730 840 1,100 1,110 1,150 1,200 1,310 
			 Former Cheshire 1,130 1,240 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Cheshire (post 1 April 1998) n/a n/a 830 870 1,020 1,120 1,230 1,350 1,530 1,740 
			 Halton n/a n/a 190 200 240 250 270 320 320 330 
			 Warrington n/a n/a 250 270 320 370 380 440 510 630 
			 Bolton 390 430 480 570 650 790 830 950 1,050 1,070 
			 Bury 270 260 280 330 360 460 480 540 590 640 
			 Manchester 740 750 750 810 1,080 1,430 1,610 1,750 1,880 1,920 
			 Oldham 390 410 430 470 560 580 630 690 780 830 
			 Rochdale 260 270 290 340 530 680 710 760 840 860 
			 Salford 430 440 450 480 530 700 570 660 790 780 
			 Stockport 340 360 310 410 510 670 700 750 810 780 
			 Tameside 280 290 310 360 490 360 420 460 520 660 
			 Trafford 190 200 220 230 300 230 300 380 420 440 
			 Wigan 340 390 420 430 560 440 740 800 880 980 
			 Former Lancashire 1,780 2,000 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Lancashire (post 1 April 1998) n/a n/a 1,670 1,830 2,190 1,960 3,130 3,300 3,570 3,890 
			 Blackburn with Darwen n/a n/a 300 350 430 360 530 580 610 650 
			 Blackpool n/a n/a 190 220 290 190 390 430 480 480 
			 Knowsley 210 230 260 280 350 470 430 490 480 460 
			 Liverpool 450 490 520 610 920 720 1,150 1,150 1,190 1,130 
			 St. Helens 260 270 290 310 390 420 480 530 640 610 
			 Sefton 360 380 410 470 580 490 650 680 750 780 
			 Wirral 320 350 390 420 570 620 780 790 850 1,020 
			
			  Yorkshire and the Humber 7,700 8,160 8,500 9,830 11,660 13,030 14,430 15,420 16,680 17,330 
			 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 370 400 440 460 540 510 540 640 880 920 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 340 370 410 470 550 500 650 800 880 950 
			 North East Lincolnshire 220 240 260 310 460 520 570 650 630 690 
			 North Lincolnshire 180 200 240 270 330 430 450 510 550 600 
			 North Yorkshire 440 540 560 630 800 1,150 1,190 1,410 1,540 1,710 
			 York 140 160 170 220 250 350 370 400 440 500 
			 Barnsley 360 360 360 350 400 610 670 680 680 680 
			 Doncaster 520 460 470 620 640 780 810 860 970 840 
			 Rotherham 280 310 330 410 540 580 770 880 970 900 
			 Sheffield 580 640 710 800 1,080 790 1,200 1,230 1,360 1,590 
			 Bradford 1,240 1,200 1,230 1,370 1,590 1,600 1,870 1,880 1,980 2,000 
			 Calderdale 370 400 420 520 630 720 770 820 880 860 
			 Kirklees 580 620 670 970 1,120 1,160 1,140 1,270 1,390 1,490 
			 Leeds 1,560 1,670 1,670 1,780 1,950 2,380 2,470 2,460 2,550 2,500 
			 Wakefield 540 580 570 650 780 950 960 940 970 1,090 
			
			  East Midlands 5,050 5,500 6,010 6,690 8,220 9,270 10,090 10,830 12,560 13,490 
			 Former Derbyshire 1,180 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Derbyshire (post 1 April 1997) n/a 930 990 1,160 1,460 1,660 1,720 1,820 1,980 2,190 
			 Derby n/a 360 380 430 510 590 670 760 830 930 
			 Former Leicestershire 940 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Leicestershire (post 1 April 1997) n/a 580 640 760 920 970 1,190 1,150 1,630 1,730 
			 Leicester n/a 470 520 540 620 730 900 930 1,120 1,090 
			 Rutland n/a 50 50 70 70 80 100 100 120 120 
			 Lincolnshire 810 820 890 990 1,250 1,550 1,610 1,980 2,190 2,370 
			 Northamptonshire 810 880 990 1,090 1,330 1,310 1,330 1,360 1,680 1,940 
			 Former Nottinghamshire 1,310 1,420 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Nottinghamshire (post 1 April 1998) n/a n/a 1,000 1,090 1,350 1,600 1,660 1,770 1,990 2,060 
			 Nottingham n/a n/a 540 570 720 770 900 950 1,010 1,060 
			
			  West Midlands 7,220 7,870 7,770 8,970 10,670 11,420 13,260 14,600 16,590 17,430 
			 Former Hereford and Worcester 630 800 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Herefordshire n/a n/a 190 210 250 190 330 370 410 420 
			 Worcestershire n/a n/a 680 760 820 930 1,290 1,450 1,580 1,580 
			 Former Shropshire 510 540 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Shropshire (post 1 April 98) n/a n/a 350 390 460 560 640 690 780 750 
			 Telford and Wrekin n/a n/a 260 280 370 390 480 530 580 640 
			 Former Staffordshire 1,270 960 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Staffordshire (post 1 April 1998) n/a n/a 1,060 1,160 1,370 1,310 1,750 1,820 2,070 2,080 
			 Stoke-on-Trent n/a 460 460 490 540 460 620 750 820 830 
			 Warwickshire 530 630 700 980 1,040 1,240 1,250 1,470 1,590 1,630 
			 Birmingham 2,030 2,080 1,630 1,740 2,170 2,970 3,130 3,320 3,930 4,390 
			 Coventry 390 440 440 670 820 690 640 740 770 770 
			 Dudley 350 410 420 530 680 830 880 960 1,060 1,200 
			 Sandwell 460 460 490 520 650 500 600 650 850 970 
			 Solihull 280 300 300 320 370 410 470 520 610 630 
			 Walsall 380 390 380 440 580 700 810 840 950 820 
			 Wolverhampton 390 400 420 470 570 230 360 480 580 720 
			
			  East of England 6,060 6,800 7,280 8,380 10,300 12,000 14,370 15,360 16,850 17,290 
			 Former Cambridgeshire 1,240 1,370 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Cambridgeshire (post 1 April 1998) n/a n/a 1,000 1,090 1,230 1,420 1,480 1,830 2,020 1,880 
			 Peterborough n/a n/a 380 500 540 660 720 780 910 1,050 
			 Norfolk 730 850 930 1,050 1,490 1,710 1,740 1,870 2,310 2,570 
			 Suffolk 500 610 660 770 1,110 920 1,430 1,350 1,460 1,540 
			 Former Bedfordshire 790 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Bedfordshire (post 1 April 1997) n/a 580 650 710 820 950 1,070 1,140 1,240 1,340 
			 Luton n/a 290 360 430 530 560 620 720 780 820 
			 Former Essex 1,720 1,840 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Essex (post 1 April 1998) n/a n/a 1,620 1,760 2,100 3,140 3,500 3,660 3,810 3,920 
			 Southend-on-Sea n/a n/a 220 280 350 460 560 600 640 650 
			 Thurrock n/a n/a 210 290 340 430 540 550 570 630 
			 Hertfordshire 1,080 1,270 1,250 1,510 1,800 1,740 2,710 2,870 3,110 2,910 
			
			  London 8,160 8,870 9,790 11,740 14,330 15,340 17,510 19,800 22,140 22,820 
			
			  Inner London 3,390 3,710 4,060 5,090 6,430 6,580 7,470 8,540 9,490 9,660 
			 Camden 200 240 250 300 360 440 470 550 580 640 
			 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 
			 Hackney 210 250 290 380 420 490 530 610 680 720 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 190 200 210 250 240 260 300 360 380 430 
			 Haringey 350 360 380 420 490 650 680 810 900 960 
			 Islington 250 250 270 350 360 350 480 520 560 620 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 130 140 140 170 210 220 260 270 300 280 
			 Lambeth 300 350 390 500 560 580 640 720 770 750 
			 Lewisham 280 290 320 410 570 470 560 620 670 720 
			 Newham 280 280 390 500 960 720 1,070 1,190 1,300 980 
			 Southwark 350 420 430 650 810 750 710 900 1,030 1,070 
			 Tower Hamlets 370 400 450 510 800 970 950 1,070 1,150 1,320 
			 Wandsworth 330 370 370 460 470 380 530 590 730 800 
			 Westminster 150 170 160 190 190 310 280 330 420 370 
			
			  Outer London 4,770 5,160 5,730 6,650 7,900 8,760 10,040 11,270 12,650 13,160 
			 Barking and Dagenham 300 290 310 320 400 500 510 560 540 560 
			 Barnet 290 340 400 480 550 740 720 850 980 1,070 
			 Bexley 200 230 280 310 380 320 560 550 600 570 
			 Brent 260 300 360 390 440 450 470 560 640 680 
			 Bromley 210 230 230 270 360 440 500 520 550 620 
			 Croydon 400 410 510 530 660 630 870 950 1,010 980 
			 Ealing 340 360 370 400 510 450 530 630 690 670 
			 Enfield 250 290 290 500 590 810 880 970 1,050 1,160 
			 Greenwich 360 400 430 510 650 650 730 750 820 920 
			 Harrow 270 270 290 300 300 330 430 480 540 550 
			 Havering 170 170 200 260 300 310 520 590 680 660 
			 Hillingdon 300 340 380 420 510 520 590 620 740 800 
			 Hounslow 280 280 290 330 380 400 400 550 580 680 
			 Kingston upon Thames 130 130 150 170 220 220 250 310 360 380 
			 Merton 190 200 220 240 290 250 300 370 530 460 
			 Redbridge 190 230 270 370 450 580 620 730 820 910 
			 Richmond upon Thames 100 110 110 130 160 210 220 250 330 350 
			 Sutton 160 170 210 230 260 340 310 360 430 360 
			 Waltham Forest 380 400 410 470 490 610 640 670 780 760 
			
			  South East 9,830 10,480 11,250 12,290 13,720 16,910 18,890 20,300 22,400 22,360 
			 Former Berkshire 940 970 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Bracknell Forest n/a n/a 140 130 170 110 190 190 210 220 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead n/a n/a 150 160 220 210 220 280 300 330 
			 West Berkshire n/a n/a 190 200 230 330 350 430 530 490 
			 Reading n/a n/a 200 200 240 280 280 280 320 250 
			 Slough n/a n/a 230 250 300 340 440 450 530 530 
			 Wokingham n/a n/a 210 220 230 290 290 360 380 380 
			 Former Buckinghamshire 650 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Buckinghamshire (post 1 April 1997) n/a 460 470 490 570 750 710 840 950 1,100 
			 Milton Keynes n/a 260 270 280 300 310 450 530 530 680 
			 Former East Sussex 700 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 East Sussex (post 1 April 1997) n/a 490 560 650 720 1,000 1,070 1,350 1,380 1,330 
			 Brighton and Hove n/a 270 310 320 380 410 370 400 460 510 
			 Former Hampshire 2,560 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Hampshire (post 1.April 1997) n/a 1,880 1,920 1,960 2,120 2,900 3,010 3,160 3,280 3,210 
			 Portsmouth n/a 330 400 410 480 600 600 630 830 660 
			 Southampton n/a 370 430 470 490 610 630 640 660 660 
			 Isle of Wight 160 210 250 270 320 300 360 370 450 430 
			 Former Kent 2,330 2,490 
			 Kent (post 1 April 1998) n/a n/a 2,210 2,470 2,750 3,620 4,160 4,330 4,860 4,660 
			 Medway n/a n/a 440 670 830 710 830 900 960 930 
			 Oxfordshire 780 830 860 930 1,030 1,080 1,280 1,440 1,670 1,630 
			 Surrey 1,170 1,290 1,360 1,500 1,570 1,960 2,350 2,390 2,610 2,720 
			 West Sussex 530 650 670 710 780 1,090 1,310 1,330 1,480 1,660 
			
			  South West 4,940 5,490 5,940 6,670 8,090 8,980 10,070 11,160 12,650 13,440 
			 Isles of Scilly (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— 10 (2)— 10 10 (2)— (2)— 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 170 170 160 160 180 70 100 80 170 270 
			 Bristol, City of 650 700 690 770 850 920 920 1,040 1,110 1,110 
			 North Somerset 190 220 220 260 290 310 380 380 450 430 
			 South Gloucestershire 270 280 300 350 430 480 560 550 590 640 
			 Cornwall 790 870 960 980 990 1,000 1,170 1,190 1,860 1,630 
			 Former Devon 810 960 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Devon (post 1 April 1998) n/a n/a 630 770 1,020 1,360 1,740 2,090 2,190 2,380 
			 Plymouth n/a n/a 320 310 720 660 710 650 750 870 
			 Torbay n/a n/a 140 170 180 200 220 290 280 300 
			 Former Dorset 430  
			 Dorset (post 1 April 1997) n/a 330 390 580 660 780 890 1,180 1,300 1,350 
			 Poole n/a 110 150 180 220 400 390 430 420 460 
			 Bournemouth n/a 130 170 210 240 380 380 410 400 460 
			 Gloucestershire 470 490 550 590 740 710 750 700 910 1,030 
			 Somerset 610 660 680 710 830 920 990 980 1,100 1,380 
			 Former Wiltshire 530 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Wiltshire (post 1 April 1997) n/a 340 350 350 410 560 650 780 750 750 
			 Swindon n/a 240 230 260 310 220 220 410 370 380 
			 n/a = Not applicable. (1) Includes both full-time and the full-time equivalent of part-time support staff. (2) Nil or negligible.   Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.  Source: School Census.

Education: Departmental Responsibilities

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for which public service agreement targets of the former Department for Education and Skills his Department now has responsibility.

Kevin Brennan: The Department is responsible for the following PSA targets, each of which were agreed between the former Department for Education and Skills and HM Treasury as part of the 2004 Spending Review:
	1. Improve children's communication and social and emotional development so that by 2008 53 per cent. of children reach a good level of development at the end of the Foundation Stage and reduce inequalities between the level of development achieved by children in the 30 per cent. most disadvantaged Super Output Areas and the rest of England by four percentage points from 16 per cent. to 12 per cent. (Joint with the Department for Work and Pensions)
	2. As a contribution to reducing the proportion of children living in households where no-one is working, by 2008: increase the stock of Ofsted-registered childcare by 10 per cent.; increase the number of children in lower-income working families using formal childcare by 120,000; and introduce by April 2005 a successful light-touch child care approval scheme. (Joint with the Department for Work and Pensions)
	3. Reduce the under-18 conception rate by 50 per cent. by 2010 as part of a broader strategy to improve sexual health. (Joint with the Department of Health)
	4. Halt the year-on-year rise in obesity among children under 11 by 2010 in the context of a broader strategy to tackle obesity in the population as a whole. (Joint with the Department of Health and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
	5. Narrow the gap in educational achievement between looked after children and that of their peers; and improve their educational support and the stability of their lives so that by 2008 80 per cent. of children under 16 who have been looked after for 2.5 or more years will have been living in the same placement for at least two years, or are placed for adoption.
	6. Raise standards in English and mathematics so that: by 2006, 85 per cent. of 11-year-olds achieve level 4 or above, with this level of performance sustained to 2008; and by 2008 the proportion of schools in which fewer than 65 per cent. of pupils achieve level 4 or above is reduced by 40 per cent.
	7. Raise standards in English, mathematics, ICT and science in secondary education so that: by 2007 85 per cent. of 14-year-olds achieve level 5 or above in English, mathematics and ICT (80 per cent. in science) nationally, with this level of performance sustained to 2008; and by 2008 in all schools at least 50 per cent. of pupils achieve level 5 or above in English, mathematics and science.
	8. Improve levels of school attendance so that by 2008, school absence is reduced by 8 per cent. compared to 2003.
	9. Enhance the take-up of sporting opportunities by 5 to 16-year-olds so that the percentage of school children in England who spend a minimum of two hours each week on high quality PE and sport within and beyond the curriculum increases from 25 per cent. in 2002 to 75 per cent. by 2006 and to 85 per cent. by 2008, and to at least 75 per cent. in each School Sport Partnership by 2008. (Joint with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
	10. By 2008, 60 per cent. of those aged 16 to achieve the equivalent of 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C; and in all schools at least 20 per cent. of pupils to achieve this standard by 2004, rising to 25 per cent. by 2006 and 30 per cent. by 2008.
	11. Increase the proportion of 19-year-olds who achieve at least level 2 by three percentage points between 2004 and 2006; and a further two percentage points between 2006 and 2008, and increase the proportion of young people who achieve level 3.
	12. Reduce the proportion of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) by two percentage points by 2010.

Foster Care: Poole

Robert Syms: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many foster parents are required in the Poole area to meet demand for placements.

Kevin Brennan: Data on the number of foster parents which are required in the Poole area to meet the current demand for placements are not collected centrally by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).

Health Education: Alcoholic Drinks

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much he has allocated for the provision of alcohol awareness programmes in schools over the next three years; and how much was spent on such programmes in each of the last three years.

Kevin Brennan: The Government recently published the new Alcohol Strategy for England, which highlights young people as one of three priority groups. Alcohol education is delivered alongside education on drugs and volatile substances as part of Personal Social and Health Education, and is a vital element of the current approach.
	DCSF does not provide ring-fenced funding for schools' drug education lessons, which are funded from schools' general budgets.
	The Government provide ring-fenced funding to prevent substance misuse among young people. The Young People's Substance Misuse Partnership Grant (YPSMPG) is made available to local authorities for the provision of universal, targeted and specialist responses commissioned and delivered at locally, based on their area's needs and priorities. The grant funds a range of different projects across the country determined at local level, which are available for young people.
	The grant brings together into a single pot funding from the Home Office, the Department of Health, the Youth Justice Board and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. The following table details the total YPSMPG expenditure for the past five years (note that the first year, 2003/04, was a pilot year in 27 local authority areas):
	
		
			   £ million 
			 2003/04 (1)14.9 
			 2004/05 58.8 
			 2005/06 66.6 
			 2006/07 64.1 
			 2007/08 55.5 
			 (1 )YPSMPG pilot in only 27 local authorities 
		
	
	The YPSMPG is used in addition to mainstream funding to provide a comprehensive range of services for young people up to 18 years:
	Universal—substance misuse education, information and advice and prevention campaigns
	Targeted—early identification, assessment and prevention interventions with vulnerable young people in risk groups
	Specialist—provision of specialist substance misuse treatment for under 18's
	In addition to supporting the work of local partnerships, The Government fund specific programmes targeting messages for young people about substances, including the FRANK campaign which has become a credible source of information and advice for young people and their parents. The cross departmental campaign was launched in 2003 funded by Home Office and Department of Health, with the Department for Children Schools and Families contributing from 2006/07.
	
		
			   £ million 
			 2003/04 4.25 
			 2004/05 4.30 
			 2005/06 6.17 
			 2006/07 9.05 
		
	
	The Government are committed to expanding and improving the quality of school drug education (Inc tobacco, alcohol, volatile substance), through encouraging the development of well structured high quality programmes of PSHE across all key stages.
	The national health schools standard requires schools to demonstrate effective PSHE provision. The Government have also invested over £6 million on blueprint, the largest research programme ever run in this country designed to test the effectiveness of a multi-component approach to drug education, involving an intensive set of school lessons for 11-13 year olds supported by work with parents, communities, health professionals and local media. The full results of the programme will be available over the next 12 months or so.

Health Education: Drugs

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been spent on  (a) drug awareness,  (b) alcohol awareness and  (c) volatile substance abuse programmes aimed at school age children in each of the last five years; and if he will list the projects funded.

Kevin Brennan: The Government are committed to reducing substance misuse related harm among young people, including harm arising from the misuse of drugs, alcohol and volatile substances. Education and awareness on these substances is a vital element of the current approach, and we have issued schools with guidance on drugs education. DCSF does not provide ring-fenced funding for schools' drug education lessons, which are funded from schools' general budgets.
	The Government provide ring-fenced funding to prevent substance misuse among young people. The Young People's Substance Misuse Partnership Grant (YPSMPG) is made available to local authorities for the provision of universal, targeted and specialist responses commissioned and delivered locally, based on their area's needs and priorities. The grant funds a range of different projects across the country determined at local level, which are available for young people.
	The grant brings together into a single pot, funding from the Home Office, the Department of Health, the Youth Justice Board and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. The following table details the total YPSMPG expenditure for the past five years (note that the first year, 2003/04, was a pilot year in 27 local authority areas):
	
		
			   £ million 
			 2003/04 (1)14.9 
			 2004/05 58.8 
			 2005/06 66.6 
			 2006/07 64.1 
			 2007/08 55.5 
			 (1) Pilot year in only 27 local authorities 
		
	
	The YPSMPG is used in addition to mainstream funding to provide a comprehensive range of services for young people up to 18 years:
	Universal—substance misuse education, information and advice and prevention campaigns
	Targeted—early identification, assessment and prevention interventions with vulnerable young people in risk groups
	Specialist—provision of specialist substance misuse treatment for under 18's
	In addition to supporting the work of local partnerships, the Government fund specific programmes targeting messages for young people about substances, including the Frank campaign which has become a credible source of information and advice for young people and their parents. The cross departmental campaign was launched in 2003 funded by Home Office and Department of Health, with the Department for Children Schools and Families contributing from 2006/07.
	
		
			   £ million 
			 2003/04 4.25 
			 2004/05 4.30 
			 2005/06 6.17 
			 2006/07 9.05 
		
	
	The Government are committed to expanding and improving the quality of school drug education (inc. tobacco, alcohol, volatile substance), through encouraging the development of well structured high quality programmes of PSHE across all key stages. The National Health Schools Standard requires schools to demonstrate effective PSHE provision. The Government have also invested over £6 million on blueprint, the largest research programme ever run in this country designed to test the effectiveness of a multi-component approach to drug education, involving an intensive set of school lessons for 11 to 13-year-olds supported by work with parents, communities, health professionals and local media. The full results of the programme will be available over the next 12 months or so.
	The Department of Health lead on the Framework for Volatile Substance Abuse targeted at children and young people (launched on 20 July 2005). The document called "Out of Sight?..................not out of mind" outlines a number of key recommendations that the Government intend to take forward in partnership with key stakeholders at local, regional and national level.
	The stated aims of the VSA Framework are to:
	Provide effective education on VSA to all children and young people, including the most disadvantaged
	Provide effective targeted interventions for children and young people abusing or at risk of abusing volatile substances
	Reduce the availability and accessibility of volatile substances, with a focus on butane gas lighter refills
	Build the capacity of parents, carers and practitioners to identify and work effectively with children and young people who are abusing or at risk of abusing volatile substances
	Increase the evidence base with regard to what works in reducing deaths and harm from VSA.

Special Educational Needs

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average time taken was to carry out an assessment for a statement of special educational needs in each year since 1996-97, broken down by local education authority; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: The Government do not collect information on the time taken by local authorities to carry out statutory assessments of children with special educational needs. However, where they have decided that a statement is appropriate, local authorities are required to issue a draft statement within 18 weeks of receiving a request for an assessment and a final statement within 26 weeks (with exceptions set out in regulations made under the Education Act 1996).
	The Audit Commission publish figures on the proportion of draft statements issued by each local authority within 18 weeks of the start of the statutory assessment process. This information(1), broken down by local authority is available from http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/performance/dataprovision.asp.
	(1) Best Value Performance Indicator 43a and b give the proportion of draft statements issued within 18 weeks excluding and including the permitted exceptions to the time limits respectively since 2000-01. The proportion of draft statements issued within 18 weeks excluding exceptions was collected as indicator K12b from 1997-98 until 1999-2000 and as indicator K10b in 1996-97.
	The following table gives the national percentages of draft statements issued within 18 weeks for the years requested.
	
		
			   Percentage of draft statements issued within 18 weeks excluding permitted exceptions  Percentage of draft statements issued within 18 weeks including permitted exceptions( 1) 
			 2005-06 96.0 82.7 
			 2004-05 92.0 76.4 
			 2003-04 89.3 68.2 
			 2002-03 86.9 64.7 
			 2001-02 85.4 62.0 
			 2000-01(2) 82.5 57.1 
			 1999-2000 77.2 — 
			 1998-99 66.5 — 
			 1997-98(3) 53.5 — 
			 1996-97(4) 48.2 — 
			 (1) Data not collected in this format prior to 2000-01. (2) From 2000-01 onwards, this data reflects Best Value Performance Indicator 43a and 43b. (3) From, 1997-98 until 1999-2000, this data reflects Local Authority Performance Indicator K12b. (4) In 1996-97, this data reflects Local Authority Performance Indicator K10b.

Truancy: Finance

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the total spending by his Department was on anti-truancy programmes in each year since1996-97; and what assessment of value for money has been made of such spending.

Kevin Brennan: I refer the hon. Member to the replies given on 16 April 2007,  Official Report, column 313W, to the hon. Member for Brent, East (Sarah Teather), on 22 January 2007,  Official Report, column 1486W, to the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Mr. Hayes), on 16 January 2007,  Official  Report, columns 1061-62W, to the hon. Member for Cheadle (Mark Hunter) and on 23 October 2006,  Official Repor t, column 1566W, to the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne).
	In 2007/08 we have committed the following amounts:
	£0.6 million on attendance consultancy to support to local authorities;
	£100,000 on absence data collections (in addition to school census collections);
	£126,000 for publicity and promotion materials on attendance and absence; and
	£15,000 on events for local authorities to share effective practice on attendance management.
	As a result of our focus on providing challenge and support to 436 secondary schools with high levels of persistent absence, we have seen a 22 per cent. reduction in the number of persistently absent pupils in those schools over the autumn and spring terms of 2006-07 compared to the same period in 2005-06.

Coal: Environment Protection

Alasdair McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps his Department has taken to ensure the use and sale of cleaner coal and gas across the UK.

Malcolm Wicks: The Government have been taking action on a number of fronts to ensure fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas are used cleanly. The two key areas for reducing CO2, SO2 and NOx are as follows.
	The development of the Carbon Abatement Technology Strategy for Fossil Fuel Use, published in June 2005 (reference URN 05/844) which sets out a path towards the cleaner use of fossil fuels enabling them to have a role in a sustainable world with significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. As a result of this the Government announced in the Budget this year a competition to demonstrate carbon capture and storage power plant which has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions from power plant by up to 90 per cent. The Strategy document is available in the House of Commons Library and also can be found at
	www.berr.go.uk/energy/sources/sustainability/carbon-abatement-tech/techstrategy.
	Additionally the Government are implementing the European Commission's 'large combustion plant directive', (LCPD, 2001/80/EC) aimed at significantly reducing SO2 and NOx emissions as well as dust from power plant and other large industrial installations, This directive comes into effect from the start of 2008. Website Address:
	www.defra.gov.uk/environment/airquality/eu-int/eu-directives/lcpd.

Combined Heat and Power: Housing

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the opportunity to install combined heat and power and associated heat grids in the new housing developments and eco-towns announced by the Prime Minister to the House on 11 July.

Malcolm Wicks: As stated in the recently-published Energy White Paper, the Government are committed to reducing carbon dioxide emissions from heat. Many current policies contribute to reducing carbon dioxide emissions from heat—for example the EU ETS, the climate change levy, tax incentives for CHP and the Energy Efficiency Commitment. In addition, policies such as the Warm Front programme to tackle fuel poverty help to reduce emissions.
	The Government published a Biomass Strategy alongside the Energy White Paper. The strategy provides a framework for the development of biomass, including its application to combined heat and power. The Government are currently also consulting on proposals to band the Renewables Obligation. The proposals contain mechanisms which are designed to encourage biomass CHP.
	The Government recognise the value of considering the heat sector in a holistic and focused way. Further work is therefore being carried out into the policy options available to reduce the carbon impact of heat and its use. The work examines the full range of policy options, including the range of existing policy mechanisms such as the EU ETS.
	Government recognise that Combined Heat and Power has an important role to play alongside other low carbon technologies. However, the market is best placed to decide which technologies are most effective in supplying the UK's energy while also meeting our carbon reduction goals. It will be for the proposers of Eco Towns to bring forward their ideas on how heating and electricity generation can be supplied from renewable sources, including combined heat and power and associated heat grids as appropriate. These will be assessed against Government policies for promoting renewable and decentralised energy supply. My hon. Friend the Minister for Housing, will shortly be publishing a prospectus for Eco Towns setting out the growth expectations for sourcing heat and power use from renewable energy.

Energy Supply: Meters

Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether the energy demand research project trials will have an impact on the timetable for the roll-out of smart meters.

Malcolm Wicks: Data from the Energy Demand Reduction Project, together with information from other work being undertaken by the Government, Ofgem and energy suppliers, will inform the Government's and the industry's approach to a roll-out of smart meters.
	The trials will be important for number aspects of a roll out programme, which the Government expect to be complete within 10 years. The Government will shortly issue a consultation on their approach to smart metering.

Overseas Companies: Chile

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many UK registered companies currently operate or have a base in the regions of  (a) Araucania and  (b) Los Lagos in Chile.

Gareth Thomas: UK Trade and Investment's team in Chile is aware of two UK companies with operations in Los Lagos. They are not aware of any UK registered companies operating in the Araucania region.

Paternity Leave

Oliver Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment his Department has made of the merits of increasing statutory paternity leave.

Patrick McFadden: The Government believe in the importance of increasing opportunities for individuals to achieve a balance between work and caring responsibilities. This is why they introduced two weeks paid paternity leave in 2003.